December 2012 Concrete Openings

DECEMBER 2012 the official magazine of the c o n c r e t e s a w i n g & d r i l l i n g a s s o c i at i o n

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ecently, I had the opportunity to attend the International Concrete Polishing & Staining Conference (ICPSC) in Atlanta, Georgia. I found it to be a very informative conference that focused on this sector of the construction industry. It was apparent that most of the attendees enjoyed the hands-on demonstrations by exhibitors and the instructive seminars on a variety of topics. One of the highlights was a roundtable discussion between industry leaders—some representing CSDA—that focused on current industry challenges. The exhibitions, presentations and roundtable discussions reminded me of the those conducted by CSDA during the association’s annual Convention and Tech Fair. In 2013, this event will run February 28th to March 2nd at Hawks Cay Island Resort in Duck Key, Florida. This is an event that provides attendees with great business sessions as well as useful networking functions.

For over 40 years, CSDA has recognized the need for ongoing industry training and provides contractors with an array of classes. The association has also recognized that the industry is evolving, and that contractors are now doing much more than just sawing and drilling.

The growth of concrete polishing and staining, plus the increased use of ground penetrating radar in the industry, has prompted CSDA to expand its membership offerings. The result is new membership categories, committees and training classes to cater for contractors

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who have either added these services or have made them their primary revenue stream. I invite anyone interested in learning more to contact the CSDA office. These are exciting times in our industry, and I look forward to seeing more new and innovative steps implemented that will keep the CSDA membership growing.

As the end of my second term as CSDA President quickly approaches, I would like to take time to recognize the many people who make this association so successful. First, I would like to thank the hard-working Board and committee members of the association. They donate their most precious possession, their time, along with their talents and resources to keep CSDA a vibrant, industry leading organization. Second, I want to thank the CSDA staff, led by Pat and Erin O’Brien. They are true professionals who promote the advancement of the association and the industry throughout the marketplace.

The past two years have been both very challenging and rewarding. I have seen our staff and leaders face each challenge presented, focus on a solution and then work towards it until the goal is reached. Based on how CSDA has responded to a changing industry, and through the formation of the CSDA Next Generation, I expect this will continue long after my tenure. I thank you all for this opportunity to serve you and give a little back to the industry and the association. I feel blessed to have had another chance to be President of CSDA.

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Roger Allen Diamond Tools Technology roger@diamondtoolstechnology.com Ty Conner Austin Enterprise tconner@austin-enterprise.com Mike Greene Greene’s, Inc. mikeg@greenesinc.com Larry Liddle Diamond Products Limited lliddle@diamondproducts.com Kellie Vazquez Holes Incorporated kvazquez@holesinc.com

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Concrete Openings Magazine Official Magazine of the Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association Volume 21, Number 4 ISSN: 1093-6483 Concrete Openings magazine is published by O’Brien International, Inc., four times each calendar year in March, June, September and December. Editorial contributions are welcomed and advertisements are encouraged. Please contact the Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association 13577 Feather Sound Drive, Suite 560 Clearwater, FL 33762 Tel: 727-577-5004 Fax: 727-577-5012

c o n t e n t s 12 Back to the Future

CSDA’s Next Generation Learns from the Past to Prepare for the Road Ahead

20 The Business of Business

How Real Are Those Price Pressures?

28 Safety Counts

Cut Alcohol and Drugs from Your Workplace: A Contractor’s Guide to Drug and Alcohol Policies

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Racing to Victory Lane Grinding Out a Win on a NASCAR Speedway

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The speedway was constructed over 50 years ago.

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he need for speed led to a high-octane grinding job at a NASCAR speedway in Tennessee. In response to fan feedback, the owner of the speedway devised a plan to retrofit progressive banking previously applied to the track surface. While the progressive banking on the corners provided benefits for the drivers, fans felt it removed the aggression and physicality from the track.

Diamond grinding was implemented to reduce the degree of banking in the upper track groove of the corners and ultimately give the fans the kind of racing they wanted—bumping, rubbing and lots of twisted metal!

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NASCAR races at Bristol Motor Speedway are known for aggressive driving.

The project involved reducing the degree of track banking in the corners by removing approximately 1.5 inches of depth from the existing concrete surface on each corner of the race track. More than 80 tons of concrete track surface were removed from the corners. Work began in April 2012, with a tight schedule of six days per week and 12-hour days to complete the work on schedule—just in time for a Goodyear tire test on the new surface in June.

Following the removal phase of the existing concrete surface, diamond rotary grinding was performed to smooth out the abrasive road texture and prepare the track for racing.

Bristol Motor Speedway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee.

Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its half-mile length, it is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads and stadium-like seating. In 2007, owner Bruton Smith decided the track deserved a facelift. The new surface included progressive banking in the corners, allowing cars in the outside lane to keep up with the inside lane even though the lap was 500 feet longer.

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The contractor, Penhall Company, removed 1.5 inches of concrete from the corners of the track.

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The grinder was fitted with 220 blades measuring 12 inches in diameter.

Four 3-foot-wide passes were made across the 12-foot-wide lane.

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CONCRETE This made for great side-by-side racing, lots of passing and very few incidents. Unfortunately, fans have historically traveled to Bristol to see aggressive driving, cars being shunted out of the way and lots of bent sheet metal. Therefore, the decision was made to return the corners to their original layout.

Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) reached out to CSDA member, Penhall Company, to see if the contractor could help them modify the outside lane using the company’s diamond grinding machines. SMI and Penhall Company had previously worked together on several tracks including Charlotte, Dallas, Las Vegas and Atlanta. After much discussion, Penhall accepted the challenge of removing up to 1.5 inches of concrete pavement from the track. The work would involve diamond grinding the surface while working on a 24- to 30-degree slope.

“Speedway Motors Inc. has always strived to have safe and exciting tracks, and Penhall Company has been fortunate to partner with them on a number of projects to help SMI achieve that,” said Dave Neal, Penhall Company vice president and project manager for the Bristol Motor Speedway project.

David Tomlinson, shop manager for Penhall’s Atlanta office, was responsible for configuring a diamond grinder that would be able to complete the work at on these extreme angles. After two weeks, the company had a machine and a method ready for trial. A Penhall G-38 diamond grinder was successfully maneuvered to the top of the slope on the track and with only minor adjustments, completed the first of several passes.

The grinder was fitted with 220 blades measuring 12 inches in diameter. The diamond blades used on the project were supplied by Diamond Products. Operators were able to remove the 1.5 inches of concrete surface quickly, with low vibration and limited noise.

Each pass on the Bristol Speedway track measured 3 feet wide as the grinder moved 12 feet across the concrete surface. The outside lane at Bristol Motor Speedway consists of 1,400 linear feet of corner connected by roughly 1,250 linear feet of straightaway. The 12-foot-wide lane required four 3-foot-wide passes. The initial pass was made along the left, or inside part of the lane, and additional passes progressed up the banking toward the outside of the lane.

The three major challenges to high-bank grinding are mechanical, lateral stability and center-of-gravity. The first, mechanical, involved assuring adequate lubrication and fluid flow to all of the essential machine components. Lateral stability, preventing the grinder from natu-

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Bruton Smith, speedway owner, takes part in an interview while the contractor worked in the background. rally sliding down the embankment, was countered with a rolling tension restraint system. The low center-of-gravity on the G-38 diamond grinder used on this project kept the grinder’s center of gravity directly at the diamond grinding head.

With each of these challenges accounted for, the margin for error during grinding was greatly reduced. To complete the work as specified, every maneuver required perfect placement and timing. Any sudden move or turn could have resulted in damage to the machine and/or the track surface. At the start of each shift, the entire Penhall crew met for a pre-task planning session for each day’s work. This made sure the safety of everyone involved was considered and helped maintain a high quality of work.

The concrete surface was adjusted in time for the speedway’s scheduled Goodyear tire test in June and the first official race at the Bristol Motor Speedway was held August 25—a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race won

by Denny Hamlin. While the intricate grinding and milling process was a challenge for Penhall, the speedway general manager, Jerry Caldwell, said speedway officials were pleased with the results.

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Company Profile Penhall Company is the largest provider of concrete cutting, breaking, excavation and highway grinding services in the United States.

The company is based in Anaheim, California, and has 40 locations in 17 states and Canada.

Penhall Company has been a CSDA member for 13 years. The company offers the concrete cutting services of core drilling, slab sawing, hand sawing, wall sawing, wire sawing, grinding, selective demolition and removal. The contractor is a CSDA Certified Operator company.

Resources Customer: Speedway Motorsports Inc. Sawing and Drilling Contractor: Penhall Company Anaheim, California Phone: 800-736-4255 Email: dneal@penhall.com Website: www.penhall.com Methods Used: Diamond Grinding

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By Matt Dragon

CSDA’s Next Generation Learns from the Past to Prepare for the Road Ahead

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he next generation of industry professionals is faced with a challenging business environment in which to grow. Fewer opportunities lead to more competitive pricing, therefore cost control both on-site and in the office has become even more critical to maintaining margins.

The combination of these pricing concerns, together with a tangled web of environmental, health and safety issues, means a tough road ahead for many young business people. While some want to move forward, unsure of what is beyond the horizon, others are looking back at how past generations of business leaders dealt with such important issues. By doing so, they can adapt successful business strategies to a new model or learn from past mistakes and determine how to avoid falling into the same situations. CSDA is bringing these two groups together for the benefit of the industry.

The CSDA Next Generation group was formed in 2010, holding its first meeting at World of Concrete in January of that year.

The idea for a group of this kind came from a meeting of CSDA Past Presidents. Some have sons or daughters taking an active role in the day-to-day running of their businesses, while others simply saw promising young people within the association and felt there should be a forum specially for them. “The aim was to have a group led by younger members of CSDA, for younger members, to find out what they feel is important about being the member of the association and what they can offer through their involvement,” said Richard Long, a Past President and recipient of a CSDA Lifetime Achievement Award.

In the two years that have followed, the group has formed a CSDA committee and several members have taken up active roles within the association. However, the group is still open for others to join and contribute as and when they can. The CSDA Next Generation Committee has organized social events and

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Generations of industry professionals come together at CSDA events to learn from each other.

team building activities, and is also working with other committees to grow membership and update Best Practice documents for the association. Tablets and smartphones have replaced notepads and ballpoint pens during meetings, and other committees are tapping into the knowledge of this more tech-savvy age group.

More importantly, however, members have networked and built relationships with experienced business owners, forming bonds between the two groups. Now, the goal is to bring these generations together in a structured setting to share information and provide real value for all involved.

Recently, the Next Generation Committee was asked to provide suggestions for roundtable discussion topics as part of CSDA’s 2013 Convention and Tech Fair in Duck Key, Florida. Naturally, suggestions focused on how this young generation could gain the utmost value from the event, from the relationships forged within the association and from being an active member.

The first topic suggested was based on the value of mentoring. This roundtable is aptly called, “If I Knew Then What I Know Now.” The aim of the roundtable is to encourage dialog

and create engaging question and answer sessions between members, with the ultimate goal of having younger participants learn from the successes and failures of their more experienced counterparts. Discussions will focus on employee management, product and service marketing and adding technology to diversify a business. The roundtable will be held in a “speed dating” format, allowing all participants time with each moderator.

The second roundtable is titled “So You Think You Want to Buy the Company?” and focuses on business succession planning. The hope for this roundtable, is that it helps to shed light on the processes of buying, selling or transitioning a business to the next generation in a fair and equitable way. A number of participants will have experience of one side of these type of deals, while some may even have experience in both. Next generation professionals will have a great resource from which to extract knowledge—those who have been through it and know the ladders and pit falls involved. Meanwhile, those from an older generation may gain some insight into some of the issues facing up-and-comers in today’s market.

A challenging business environment desires a dynamic and innovative response. Through

View from the Next Generation: Several younger members of CSDA participated in a survey about what value they feel they get from their CSDA membership. Here are some of their answers:

Technical Knowledge “Our customer had a saw problem that was cracking his diamond blades, but I could not put my finger on the problem. I called two competitors that I have known for years through CSDA. They gave me some solid suggestions, and we solved the problem.

These relationships saved me a trip to see the customer and saved us a product return. We saved at least $5,000 in time, travel and product replacement. We also earned credibility with the customer by quickly giving them a “proper” solution.”

What is a Roundtable Discussion?

Participants sit at a table and discuss a series of pre-determined topics for a set amount of time. At the end of each time period, a spokesperson from the table gives a summary of the pertinent points raised to the rest of the room. If attendance is large and multiple tables are filled, moderators can be assigned to ensure discussions remain on topic and that each table has an opportunity to share the results of their discussions.

Sid Kilgore, Dixie Diamond

Networking “This past year, the company was awarded two jobs due to its reputation. The referrals came from other CSDA members. Holes Incorporated performed over $20,000 worth of business with the two general contractors. Also, a peer in Illinois sent me a very good contact for an electrical contractor moving to Houston, which I am hoping will lead to more work. Personally, I learn a lot more from talking with other members at CSDA meetings than any other resource.”

Kellie Vazquez, Holes Incorporated

“Shortly after I purchased the company, we re-joined CSDA. For me, getting involved in CSDA has been beneficial, both in terms of generating contacts in the industry and taking advantage of educational sessions presented at the annual convention. CSDA also provides a broader view of the industry than I can get from our local area, providing the opportunity to discuss the pros and cons of equipment with colleagues from around the country. All of this contributes to our ability to improve our productivity and performance for our customers.”

Matthew Finnigan, National Concrete Cutting

the creation of the Next Generation Committee, CSDA has placed itself at the leading edge of that response. For those looking to take their concrete sawing, drilling, grinding, breaking, recycling, polishing or GPR imaging business into the future, the answer may lie in the past. The good news is that you do not need a Delorean or a crazy scientist to reach the information you seek. CSDA has a diverse membership with a wealth of experience, and many are ready and willing to share their knowledge with the next generation.

For more information about the association’s Next Generation Committee or the CSDA 41st Annual Convention and Tech Fair (February 26 to March 2, 2013), call 727-577-5004 or visit www.csda.org.

Certification “DeAndrea Coring and Sawing’s CSDA membership has helped in several ways, but industry certification has given us a great advantage. Networking with fellow CSDA Certified Companies during the certification process was invaluable, and we hope to pass on what we learned to others. We estimate around $48,000 of sales has been awarded specifically because of our industry certification and the valuable resources CSDA provides. Potential customers have recognized our professionalism and what sets us apart from the competition.”

Paul DeAndrea, DeAndrea Coring and Sawing

Matt Dragon is a sales manager for CSDA member Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. (GSSI) and is based in Salem, New Hampshire.

He is the chair of the CSDA Next Generation Committee and a member of the association’s Membership Committee. Matt will act as moderator during the “If I Knew Then What I Know Now” roundtable at Hawks Cay Island Resort on March 1, 2013 during the CSDA Convention and Tech Fair. He can be reached at 603-681-2027 or by email at dragonm@ geophysical.com.

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Won’t Crack Under Pressure Cutter Keeps Cool to Help Remove Damaged Concrete Slab

When a damaged concrete slab needed to be removed from the basin of a 600 foot-long, 250-foot-wide graving dock in Corpus Christi, Texas, one CSDA member had to bring in a fleet of cutting equipment to complete the job.

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he concrete slab measured up to 39 inches thick in some areas, but hydrostatic pressure in the ground below the slab had caused it to crack and break. The upward movement of the ground had pushed broken concrete sections up from the slab and created hazards for the keels of docking ships and the positioning of support blocks. Vessels are floated into graving docks and positioned on blocks before the dock is drained of all water so crews can perform maintenance or repairs on the vessel in a dry environment.

The displacement of the earth beneath the basin floor had also caused damage to parts of the dock’s drainage and pump systems, rendering them unusable until the slab could be removed and repairs made.

The broken and cracked areas of the slab were to be demolished, removed and replaced. As part of this project, CSDA member Concrete Cutting & Breaking Co. was contracted to use sawing and drilling techniques and create sections of concrete that would be manageable for the general contractor—CCC Group, Inc. of Corpus Christi—to remove by Tools and equipment were lowered to the dock basin by crane. crane. The speed, low vibration and precision associated with diamond tools was the best way for the damaged slab to be removed while keeping certain parts of the floor. Some undamaged areas intact. areas were between 24 and 27 “This portion of the demolition inches thick, while others were and removal work was extremely time 36 to 39 inches thick. Operasensitive, with just 14 weeks allocated tors would use both slab and between June and September 2012 to wire sawing techniques to cut cut and remove the concrete,” said Ed the slab as appropriate. Where Gushwa, project manager for Concrete the slab was thickest, diamond Cutting & Breaking’s southeast region. wire was fed under the slab to “The graving dock owners, Gulf Marine holes previously core drilled by Fabricators (GMF) of Ingleside, Texas, the contractor. Wire saws were wanted to retain some portions of the then used to cut the slab into basin so as not to affect the critical path sections for removal. of work scheduled for the assembly of Concrete Cutting & superstructure components.” Part of the Breaking began mobilizing its graving dock was being used to fabrifleet for the job. Operators, cate and assemble the lower portion of tools and equipment, trucks an offshore deep-water oil rig, and this and support services from project was not to be interrupted. the company’s Delray Beach, In addition to the short time period, The damaged graving dock measured 600 feet long and 250 feet wide.

Orlando and Jacksonville the cutting contractor had to consider branches in Florida, its Buffalo, other parts of the graving dock that New York location and its West and Central Michigan branches gathered could not afford to be damaged further. The use of diamond wire and in Corpus Christi to begin work. blades reduced the risk of personnel being struck by flying debris and also reduced the possibility of more breakages in the basin’s existing drainage and pump systems. Both systems were to be repaired and reconnected to the functional parts of the graving dock’s pit de-watering system when the job was completed.

The type of aggregate used for the basin slab also presented a challenge. Operators would have to cut through extremely hard concrete with a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale, which included quartz, chert and flint.

The basin had a top mat with #8 rebar at 5 inches on center in each direction, while the bottom mat had #10 rebar at 5 inches on center in each direction with 6-foot-long lap splicing.

Concrete Cutting & Breaking devised a plan with CCC Group to cut the concrete into uniform square sections so that the slab pieces could be removed by 360 class excavators. The pieces would then be transported to the sides of the graving dock pit, where rigging would be installed to lift the pieces out by cranes positioned at the edge of the dock walls, 40 feet above the basin floor. Slab thickness differed at Wire saw units from several locations across the U.S. were brought to the dock.

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to complete. The process was then repeated for Access to the graving dock basin slab, 40 the rest of the specified slab area, with each piece feet below grade, was achieved via certified being excavated from the slab and removed from scaffolding. All equipment and repair parts the basin by crane. were lowered to the basin slab by crane. Slab In addition to the 9,000 linear feet of slab sawing saw operators began by making 22 longituthrough the basin slab, Concrete Cutting & Breaking dinal cuts 210 feet long and 20 transverse wire sawed 14,395 square feet of concrete. Because cuts measuring 250 feet each. This totaled the depth of the slab varied between 36 and 39 8,400 linear feet at depths ranging from 24 inches, the volume of concrete cut with the wire saw to 27 inches. The contractor had seven slab could not be accurately calculated, but was approxisaws running on the job, with three operators mately 44,700 cubic feet. working each shift. The three-man teams cut While the cutting work progressed, the cutting approximately 120 linear feet per shift.

Wire saws were used to cut 10-foot square team found access to the graving dock basin from With the more shallow of the two slab sections that were 36 to 39 inches thick. the staging area to be a challenge. The team had areas cut, the contractor then set up to to walk down 50 feet of scaffolding stairs to get to the work area and create longitudinal and transverse structural cuts 36 to 39 inches deep in everything needed for the job had to be lowered, lifted or removed by another part of the basin. There were 22 cuts made, totaling 4,620 linear crane, which was sometimes a time-consuming process when there was feet. An increase in slab depth meant cutting speeds were slower, espeonly a limited number of cranes available. The work environment offered cially as operators had to cut through tough aggregate with a Mohs hardlittle shade or breeze for operators, who worked through the heat of ness rating of 9. All slab sawing work was done in 38 days. summer in Texas to get the job done.

To set up pulley runs for the wire saw, the contractor had to first core Another challenge was the effect of the hydrostatic pressure below drill access holes through the basin slab. Operators made 80 holes in the slab during cutting. This pressure had caused some areas of the slab total, measuring 8 inches in diameter through the 36- to 39-inch-thick to break and was still built-up below others. These areas were under sections of the slab, so that wire could be fed through for the pull cuts. tremendous vertical and lateral pressure, and operators found that during The wire sawing team ran five 120-horsepower tractor rig saws engineered the cutting process, portions of the slab would release and rise while by the contractor. Each 20-foot-long cut through the slab took six hours

Cut sections were lifted from the slab by excavators and moved to the dock wall for removal by crane.

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Operators cut approximately 44,700 cubic feet of concrete.

others would fall. This led to “slamming” of blades and wire, which when placed under that amount of pressure, caused instantaneous and irreversible failure of these tools. However, the contractor was prepared and well stocked with spares.

Obviously a job of this scale required a lot of equipment. In addition to the five wire saws and four slab saws manufactured by the contractor, the team used three 120-horsepower slab saws from Diamond Products, four 1,500-gallon water tanker trailers and pump systems, seven service trucks and vans, various diamond blades from Diamond Products, Diamond Tools Technology and Husqvarna ranging from 26 to 96 inches in diameter and diamond wire from Diamond Tools Technology, Husqvarna and Diamond Products.

The project was completed September 28, 2012, as scheduled. The general contractor was then able to enter the site and begin repairing the damaged parts of the dock’s drainage and water pump systems, before replacing the cut sections of concrete.

Concrete Cutting & Breaking would like to thank its employees and the general contractor, along with Randy Wendel of Diamond Core, Mike Hogan of Diamond Products, Clay Morphis of Husqvarna and Mark Turner of Diamond Tools Technology for their patience, perseverance and support during the work. This combined effort led to another successful job for the contractor.

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Company Profile Concrete Cutting & Breaking Co. is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has been a member of CSDA for 27 years. The company has nine locations across the states of Florida, Indiana, Michigan, New York and Ohio. The company has 60 operators and 65 trucks and offers the concrete cutting services of core drilling, slab sawing, hand sawing, wall sawing, wire sawing, grinding, selective demolition and removal.

The contractor is a CSDA Certified Operator company.

Resources General Contractor: CCC Group, Inc. Sawing and Drilling Contractor: Concrete Cutting & Breaking Co. Orlando, Florida Phone: 407-257-0274 Email: edgushwa@yahoo.com Website: www.concut.com Methods Used: Slab Sawing, Wire Sawing, Core Drilling

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The Business of Business

How Real Are Those Price Pressures?

by George F. Brown, Jr.

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ecisions on pricing are almost among the toughest ones facing business executives. Customers and competitors alike put tremendous pressure on firms that raise prices. At the same time, ongoing increases in the costs of health care benefits, energy, raw materials, wages and other factors cannot be easily overcome without price increases. The question most often asked in discussions about pricing is “How real are those price pressures?” If they reflect fundamental market forces, price increases can translate into a serious erosion in market share. If they involve posturing and negotiation tactics alone, price increases can remove a lot of the pressure on the coming year’s annual plan.

Four fundamental indicators can help to determine if price pressures are real or not.

Each of these can be measured, and provides solid insights into the characteristics of a firm’s business environment that impact pricing decisions. These indicators are useful in multiple ways. In addition to helping to identify price pressures that must be taken seriously, they are useful when monitored over time and when evaluated from one product line or service to another, or from one market segment to another. Monitoring these indicators over time can spotlight instances in which a product or service is evolving towards commodity status, with the obvious implications of such a migration in terms of future margins and the need to focus on ways of reducing costs. Evaluating these indicators across product lines, services and market segments can allow a firm to focus price increases appropriately, thereby avoiding a strategy that is on average right, but wrong for every product, service and market segment.

One executive commented that his sales team’s philosophy seems to be to respond to every price challenge that is encountered. That strategy might avoid an occasional loss of business to a competitor, but it has adverse longterm implications. In CoDestiny, we discuss the trap of falling unnecessarily into a vicious cycle of price-based competition. Firms that do so subsequently find themselves having to

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reduce investments in product development, high-value services and other ways in which they respond to customer needs and differentiate their offering. As they do so, their products become more and more of a commodity, and price cuts become the only way in which they can win competitive battles.

The first indicator that defines the strength of pricing pressures is the capacity balance in the industry. Simply stated, the more excess capacity that exists in an industry relative to demand, the more real and intense pricing pressures will be. This indicator can change rapidly over time as demand moves with the business cycle. It also can change in a significant step-function way as firms build new plants or shutter older ones. To a significant extent, this indicator is one that is largely outside the control of the individual firm. It can make decisions on its own capacity, but except in a few unique industries, the overall capacity balance is determined by other industry participants.

The capacity balance is a very significant indicator; in industries with a massive overhang of unused capacity, the pricing pressures will be incredibly intense, almost overshadowing any favorable implications that might be seen in the other three indicators.

The second indicator involves the degree of “protection” that exists for the business being examined. Protection can be legal in the form of patents or copyrights, but it also can involve the degree of customization, engineering, design or service embedded into the product. The evidence is strong that such value contributions place implicit barriers to competition and impose significant costs of change on customers that shift

suppliers. The customers that elect to buy products or services which are customized or highly engineered, do so because of the value they get from them; as a result, they are not likely to casually shift to another company with increased risk of disappointing results. In a common sense way, this indicator reflects the fact that when a company’s offering includes elements that are of high value to customers, that company should be able to capture some of that value in their pricing.

The third indicator focuses on the business environment into which the company is selling. In healthy business environments, pricing pressures are less intense and less real. The measures of health involve not only the company’s direct customer, but even more so the customers at later stages further along the customer chain. Every business has seen occasions when everyone is scrambling to keep up with demand. In those circumstances, price challenges are often the furthest thing from everyone’s mind. And every business has seen unhealthy markets, ones in which finding a customer is itself a challenge. In those situations, the tendency is to look back at the supply chain and battle for every dime. Pricing pressures travel along the customer chain. If a participant at any stage of the customer chain, from the lowest tier company to the final end customers that use the product or service, is facing a difficult business environment. The implications tend to ripple along the customer chain, another manifestation of the old saying that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The fourth indicator focuses on the relationship between the supplier and the customer. There are two basic elements to this

indicator. On the positive side, instances in which the parties consider each other a “strategic supplier” or a “strategic customer” are ones in which pricing pressures are likely to be less intense. This isn’t to suggest that buyers become soft in strategic relationships. Rather, the reality is that other elements to the relationship are far more important than price, and pricing rarely dominates the agenda of meetings between the two organizations. In strong relationships, the firms involved have largely solved the pricing issue, and can quickly reach agreement and move on to more important topics. On the negative side, research indicates that the companies that rank among the customer’s largest, companies whose products and services are expensive and companies whose products represent a significant portion of their customer’s product cost structure, sit on the bulls-eye. They attract the attention of both purchasing managers and competitors.

In the context of various consulting projects, we’ve examined these indicators in many diverse industries and economic environments.

Over and over, the result has shown significant variation from product line to product line and from one market segment to another. Such learning has allowed firms to make pricing decisions that were appropriate to the business environment in which they were operating, and to do so on a segment by segment basis.

Occasionally, the process has spotlighted sharp shifts taking place from one time period to the next, allowing firms to make forwardlooking pricing decisions. The process has also allowed firms to uncover quite a few surprises in the indicators and their implications. These surprises have been in both directions, some positive ones where firms had inappropriately accepted pricing challenges as an ongoing reality and some negative ones in which firms had been unaware of the pressures that were sure to come. A real strength of this approach is the rigor that it brings to discussions of pricing, allowing firms to get beyond the latest “war story” and to discuss pricing options from a factual base.

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Parts of the Mactaquac Generating Station were affected by Alkali Aggregate Reaction.

Stress Relief for Big Dams

Wire Sawing Relieves Concrete Stress Caused by AAR Evidence of distress in a concrete dam at a Canadian generating station called for swift action to maintain safe working operations. Investigations determined that the end pier of the dam spillway was cracked internally and the cause of the problem was identified as Alkali Aggregate Reaction (AAR).

A contractor was needed that could create large vertical slots through the concrete structure quickly and cleanly.

AAR is a deleterious chemical reaction in hardened concrete. The reaction occurs between reactive aggregates and alkalis in surrounding hydrated cementitious paste. The reaction produces an expansive gel formed at or near the paste/aggregate interface. With concrete at an internal relative humidity of 85 percent at 68 degrees fahrenheit, the gel absorbs water and increases in volume. This gel expansion disrupts the paste/aggregate bond and cracks surrounding paste.

Concrete afflicted by AAR results in expansion, causing increased internal stresses that eventually result in cracking. Many concrete dams and structures throughout the world suffer from AAR. Constant monitoring and continued remedial actions are required at these structures to judge the magnitude of expansions and counteract this expansion and prevent damage to joints or impair gate operation. One such counteraction employed by Mactaquac Generating Station, close to Fredericton in New Brunswick, Canada, is slot cutting concrete with diamond wire to relieve the internal stresses caused by this expansive reaction. www. c on c re te ope n in gs.com

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The Mactaquac Generating Station, owned and operated by New Brunswick Power, is located on the Saint John River approximately 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) upstream from Fredericton. The station is the largest hydroelectric generating facility in the Maritime Provinces.

Constructed in stages between 1964 and 1980, the facility has an installed capacity of 672 megawatts produced by six turbines. The facility consists of the intake structure, two concrete spillways, a diversion sluiceway and the intake spillway. Each structure contains five, 14-meter-wide, 16-meter-high (45.9-footwide, 52.5-foot-high) spillways.

Distress in the concrete structures at Mactaquac was first noticed in the mid-1970s with the increasing opening of a longitudinal joint in the powerhouse substructure. By the early 1980s, leakage through horizontal joints in the spillway, intake and diversion sluiceway structures was evident. At this point, New Brunswick Power decided to install instrumentation in the foundation rock and within the concrete substructure to check for the possi-

bility of a phenomenon such as rock swelling that may have been the cause of distress.

In 1985, spillway gate 10, adjacent to the intake structure, was found to be obstructed.

A differential displacement of the spillway end pier toward the gate opening in excess of 25.4 millimeters (1 inch) was noted. It was at this point that the end pier of the spillway was found to be cracked internally. The cause of the detrimental expansion and subsequential cracking was then identified as AAR. After the problem of expanding concrete was confirmed, it was decided that slot cuts would be made in the intake structures to relieve deformation of the spillway and piers.

The first slot cut was made in 1988 within the intake structure. The slots disrupt the continuity of the adjacent expanding concrete, thereby reducing the magnitude of the deformations pushing at gate openings. Smaller deformations realized in the concrete adjacent to gate equipment resulted in improved operations.

A side effect of cutting the concrete is that cutting reduces confinement or restraint of

Wire sawing techniques were employed to cut and remove damaged sections of concrete.

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the concrete, thereby allowing an increased expansion rate of the concrete. Depending on the width of the slots, re-cutting will be needed in the future to maintain manageable movements that do not interfere with gate operations. Instrumentation located throughout the structures record data that is used to determine the frequency of each re-cut. In general, the intake cuts are made on a three-year cycle, the diversion spillways on a two-year cycle and the powerhouse locations are cut on a six-year cycle. To date, 28 slot cuts have been made at the station. Cuts are positioned to ensure they are below any of the openings and embedded parts that may be affected by the expansion.

Below this point, the mass of concrete is continuous. The increase of stress in this area does not cause any damage to concrete joints or moving gates.

CSDA member Cutting Edge Services Corporation of Batavia, Ohio, was contracted to return to Mactaquac and make a 25-meterdeep (82-foot) slot cut in the dam spillway that would range from 12 to 30 meters wide (39.4 to 98.4 feet). The CSDA Certified Company

had already performed wire sawing work at the station and the cutting team was familiar with the task presented.

“We had previously used a “pull” technique to re-open the slot in the diversion dam structure, advancing the saw along its track system to take up slack created by pulling the wire through the structure,” said Joe Shebesta, project engineer for Cutting Edge Services.

“We also used a “push” technique to re-cut the intake slot between monoliths 4 and 5.” Push cutting or “downhole,” is done by lowering pulleys into a cofferdam on the upstream face into pilot holes in the deck and by various pulleys located on the downstream face.

The 25-meter (82-foot) slot was cut in stages, from the top down. The first stage pushed the wire into the gallery and close to an active electric cable tray. This cut was carefully monitored to prevent severing of the cables and took approximately eight hours to complete.

Then the wire was cut and the cables moved upward. More pulleys were added and the wire was reconnected for completion of the lower stage, taking 20 hours. When the wire reached

What is AAR? Alkali Aggregate Reaction (AAR) is an internal reaction that occurs when alkalis in cement react with reactive aggregate particles. There are two main types of AAR, alkali-silica reaction (ASR) and alkali-carbonate reaction (ACR). ASR is the more common of the two, and is the type of concrete expansion impacting the structure at Mactaquac Dam. During the process of ASR, a gel is formed around the aggregate. If the gel is exposed to moisture, usually if the relative humidity of the concrete is higher than 80-85%, it expands, causing the concrete mass to expand. The result of this expansion on large concrete structures can be unsightly cracking, although the structural integrity may not be impaired. However, major operation and maintenance problems may occur, such as binding of gates, cracking of piers and misalignment of equipment such as generators.

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the minimum cut depth 25 meters (82 feet), the “down” pulleys were brought up. Cutting of the upstream stage was then performed, using downhole systems in the cofferdam and the pilot hole. The upstream cutting was completed in 30 hours.

Cutting Edge Services used a unique hydraulic-driven machine that was custom fabricated to feed 3.3-meter-long (10.8 feet) sections of aluminum tubing downward. The system is capable of plunging down to a depth of 33 meters (108.3 feet), but was only required to plunge 25 meters (82 feet) on this job.

All cuts at Mactaquac were maintained using 15-millimeter-diameter (0.6-inch) electroplated diamond wire supplied by Norton Pro Diamond. This was a directional rubber injected wire, providing added strength to the wire assembly and minimized breakdown of the wire caused by concrete slurry. The wire was constructed with 40 beads per meter and a 4.9-millimeter (0.2-inch) base cable.

The length of diamond wire used was approximately 100 meters (328.1 feet) and there was lots of contact area with the concrete, so

Conditions Required for AAR: High alkali content of the cement Reactive aggregate High moisture/water

Remedial Efforts to Control AAR: Concrete affected by AAR does not continue to expand throughout its useful life. This can be due to loss of moisture, but more commonly from the depletion of alkalis. The chances of a successful repair of structures that continue to exhibit AAR expansion are very low. Structures such as Mactaquac Dam can have its useful life expanded by implementing maintenance programs to alleviate the expansive forces resulting from the effects of AAR. Since the 1980s, various remedial measures have been performed on the head works at Mactaquac, including: •

Modifications to the gates, guides and towers of the spillway, diversion sluiceway and intakes

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Chemical and cement grouting of the various structures to control leakage

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Reconstruction of bridge deck expansion joints at the spillway and the diversion sluiceway to re-establish eliminated clearances

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The average speed of the wire saw was 1,200 meters (3,937 feet) per minute.

the average cutting speed was around 1,200 meters per minute (3,937 feet). Pressure on the wire was relatively low to maintain wire speed and deal with concrete slivers and debris in the cut line. Gauge pressure at the power unit was in the range of 2,500-3,000 psi. Connections in the butt joints of wires were monitored and replaced at 2-4 hour intervals and cutting was performed around the clock.

The use of wire sawing techniques increases overall safety, as operators can remain a safe distance from the cutting area and operate the saw by remote control. Cutting Edge Services made sure all operators were equipped with the correct personal protective equipment and tied off when working at height or near large drops.

“Diamond wire sawing systems are ideal for making slots in mass concrete structures. Maintaining slots at Mactaquac Generating Station is an effective way of dealing with expansion of concrete caused by AAR. Continued improvements in diamond wire and equipment technology are increasing the efficiency of performing this work, and it is hoped that we can continue to maintain safety and smooth operations at the station in the future,” said Tim Beckman, owner of Cutting Edge Services.

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Company Profile Cutting Edge Services Corporation has been in business for over 15 years and is based in Batavia, Ohio. Support operations are located in Houston and Seattle. The company offers primary services of engineered solutions, diamond wire sawing, underwater cutting and core drilling. Cutting Edge has been a member of CSDA since 1997, employs CSDA Certified Operators and is Level 1 Certified through the association’s Company Certification Program.

Resources Customer: New Brunswick Power Sawing and Drilling Contractor: Cutting Edge Services Corporation Batavia, Ohio Phone: 513-388-0199 Email: beckman@cuttingedgeservices.com Website: www.cuttingedgeservices.com Methods Used: Wire Sawing

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Safety CountS

Cut Alcohol and Drugs from Your Workplace: A Contractor’s Guide to Drug and Alcohol Policies

By Kellie Vazquez

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ith the holiday season in full swing, many people are seeing family, catching up with old friends or attending social functions. Often, the festivities involve alcohol and, although less often, may wrongly include the use of drugs. While the abuse of drugs or alcohol may take place outside of working hours, the effects of this abuse can spill over into the workplace. If either are used during work hours, a potentially dangerous situation may occur. When combined with the use of a motor vehicle or heavy tools and equipment, the misuse of alcohol and drugs can have serious, even fatal, consequences.

It is important to remember that alcohol can remain in a person’s system for up to 12 hours after consumption, depending on the amount consumed. For some drugs, evidence of use can be detected days or even weeks after use. Therefore, a person can still be over the legal limit the morning after drinking alcohol. This person may be driving others to a jobsite in a work truck or operating sawing or drilling equipment.

CSDA strongly supports measures that contribute to a drug-free environment and reasonable use of drug testing within a comprehensive workplace program, such as those involving safety-sensitive duties like operating concrete sawing and drilling equipment. Recent reports suggest that the construction industry has one of the highest rates of illicit drug use among workers. Implementing a program for a drug-free workplace is imperative to having a safe place to work.

The following information is intended to give employers an insight into typical drug and alcohol policies, commonly-used terminology and details some of the testing procedures in place among contractors.

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Policy Terminology The term “employees” is meant to include employees of the company, and employees of the company’s affiliates, subsidiaries, contractors, subcontractors, vendors and their employees.

The terms “workplace,” “work-site,” “premises” and/or “company property” and like terms are meant to include all properties, facilities, lands, platforms, buildings, structures, fixtures, installations, boats, aircraft, automobiles, trucks and any/all other vehicles, equipment, whether owned, leased or used.

The term “illicit drugs” is meant to include any and all illegal drugs, including so-called look-alike or designer drugs; legally obtained drugs which are obtained in a manner other than that prescribed by a licensed physician; and any substance which can affect a person’s perceptions or motor functions. Some exam-

ples of illicit drugs are cannabis (marijuana), cocaine, heroin, phencyclidine and alcohol.

The term “possession” is meant to include the presence in the body or the custody of an illicit drug or alcoholic substance.

The term “biological testing” is meant to include the collection and analysis of urine, blood, saliva, breath, hair, tissue and other specimens of the human body.

The term “for cause” is meant to include accidents, incidents, near miss reports, erratic conduct suggestive of drug or alcohol use and similar performance behaviors.

The Safety Director and Safety Administrator will be responsible for conducting/ sending employees for drug and alcohol testing.

They are also responsible for communicating results with the company owner and retaining the information in the employee medical file located at the main office.

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safety counts Safety Documentation from CSDA

Employee Drug Testing Procedures

A 230-page CSDA Safety Manual has been developed to assist concrete cutting contractors in establishing safety and health programs that will benefit both employees and owners. The manual is intended to provide a starting point for developing company-specific safety programs. It is divided into a Field Safety Manual, Reference Section and a questions and answers section. The Field Safety Manual is intended for the operator in the field to use to identify company specific safety policies related to key issues of operation. The Reference Section is designed to serve as a guide on additional topics that may affect the overall company safety program.

In addition, the CSDA Safety Committee works to release a Toolbox Safety Tip (TST) to the membership every month. There are currently 100 TSTs in circulation on a wide range of subjects related to the industry. All TSTs are available to download in PDF format from the Member Section of the CSDA Website. For more information, call 727-577-5004 or visit www.csda.org.

Each employee is subject to medical or physical examinations or tests, including viewed urine drug screen tests, as a condition of continued employment. Testing should be carried out under the following conditions and any resulting action is at the determination of the employer:

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Pre-Employment/Pre-Access Testing Each applicant for employment will be required as a condition of employment to submit to a viewed urine drug screen test. If an applicant tests positive and is determined to be in violation of this policy, the applicant will be ineligible for employment.

Reasonable Cause to Suspect That the Employee is in Violation of This Policy When a supervisor suspects an employee to be in violation of this policy, the employee will be asked to stop working and be driven to a medical facility for drug and alcohol testing.

The Safety Director can also test the employee for both. The incident will have to be written up by the supervisor who witnessed the behavior. All supervisors have been trained in “substance abuse.”

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Post-Accident/Incident The urine test and breath analysis test will be conducted at a medical facility after examination when involved in an accident or incident.

Employees not tested prior to medical treatment because of emergency situations will be immediately tested before returning to the job-site.

Random/Annual Testing The unscheduled, unannounced drug testing of randomly selected employees by a process designed to ensure that selections are made in a nondiscriminatory manner.

An employee who refuses to submit to drug abuse testing as outlined in the company’s policy will be subject to disciplinary action for failure to comply with the Substance Abuse Policy Procedure and escorted off the job-site. Conditions for re-employment of former employees discharged for refusal to submit to drug testing will be the same as for an employee who tests positive and is determined to be in violation of this policy.

Employer Responsibilities • Train employees on company policies and procedures • Train supervisors in substance abuse awareness • Keep employee records confidential, maintaining each employee’s right to privacy • Train employees of the dangers of working under the influence of alcohol and illicit drugs and some over the counter and prescription medications • Have employees sign off on a consent form allowing drug/alcohol testing results to be released to the employer All employers and employees are encouraged to be aware of the drug and alcohol policies in place at their companies, or implement such a policy to reduce the chances of jobsite incidents relating to these substances. If there is any doubt about a person’s ability to drive a truck or operate a piece of equipment due to a previous night’s drinking, that person should not be allowed to do either. Furthermore, the rules of the policy should be enforced. The time spent with family, friends and coworkers during the holiday season is to be enjoyed, but everyone should drink responsibly and avoid the use drugs.

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Tech Talk Tech Talk is a regular feature of Concrete Openings magazine, focusing on equipment, maintenance and technical issues of interest to concrete cutting contractors. Readers wishing to have a particular subject addressed can call or email CSDA with their suggestions at 727-577-5004 or rhitchen@concreteopenings.com.

Selecting a Planetary Concrete Grinder

By Jamie Krueger

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hanks in part to “green” building, one of the fastest growing flooring options in recent years is polished concrete. There are many advantages to polished concrete when compared with other types of flooring. Polished concrete is a highly durable surface with a high resistance to scratching, low maintenance and high reflectivity to light—decreasing the number of light fixtures needed.

Because polished concrete is such a fast growing segment in the construction industry, there are many manufacturers of planetary concrete grinders/polishers vying for business.

Some of these manufacturers offer numerous models of grinders/polishers with all sorts of

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features and benefits, so determining which unit is correct for a particular application can be a difficult decision for any contractor. This decision can affect operators, schedules, final floor finishes and ultimately, the company’s bottom line.

Choosing the Correct Grinder When looking to purchase a planetary concrete grinder/polisher, there are many factors a contractor has to take into consideration.

Matching Applications Since concrete grinders/polishers are very versatile machines and can perform many different applications—from concrete

surface preparation and concrete polishing to removing materials over the concrete—a polishing contractor needs to determine which application will be performed most often. It is very important to match the planetary grinder/ polisher with the right application. Making sure the unit can perform the required treatment is critical to finishing a job correctly, and can directly affect a contractor’s bottom line and reputation. In any industry, it is imperative a company handles its first few jobs well to grow and strengthen its reputation in the market.

A contractor needs to decide if their company will be bidding on large commercial projects or trying to acquire smaller or residen-

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For example, if a contractor attempted to tackle a 100,000 square foot polishing job with one 21-inch-diameter grinder/polisher, the job would take too long and the machine most likely would not perform at its optimum level.

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Power Availability Another factor to be aware of is the correct use of power for the unit. Most planetary grinders/polishers are electric powered and run on 220V single-phase, 220V threephase or 480V three-phase power.

Single-phase machines can use power from a 220V outlet and are great for smaller commercial or residential jobs. Since an additional power source is not needed, the singlephase machines make setup and tear down quick and simple.

The three-phase machines use power more efficiently and therefore are more powerful.

However, three-phase power is not accessible in all facilities, thus there is a need for a secondary power source, such as a generator.

Some specialized facilities do have three-phase power available, so it is always important for the contractor to check with the facility.

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Differences in Planetary Grinders/Polishers The planetary grinder/polisher is one of the most common types of concrete grinders available on the market. It is composed of three, four or six satellite heads that spin in conjunction with the large planetary drum. There are four basic designs of planetary grinders: unrestricted planetary, restricted planetary, driven planetary and dual motor planetary.

Unrestricted Planetary In unrestricted planetary grinders, the satellite heads spin on the floor and the planetary drum spins with the satellite heads. This means there is no planetary control. The planetary drum always spins in a counter-rotating direction, meaning if the satellite heads spin in a clockwise direction the planetary drum spins in a counter-clockwise direction or vice versa.

The advantage of an unrestricted planetary machine is the low cost. It is a good choice for a contractor that is just entering the surface preparation and polishing industry.

The disadvantage is that it has no planetary control, which means it is very weak in grinding applications.

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t e c h ta l k Restricted Planetary The restricted planetary grinders have a planetary operation that is driven by a clutchtype mechanism using a belt. This type of grinder has a stable operation and creates more friction between the diamonds and floor.

The planetary control makes it more aggressive than unrestricted planetary grinders. Just like on the unrestricted grinders, the satellite head speed works in conjunction with the planetary speed. This means it does not perform well

on applications where low planetary speed is necessary, as the head speed will also be low.

Since the restricted planetary grinders are belt driven, contractors should be aware that the planetary action causes the belt to slip while removing heavier materials. This can lead to excessive wear on the belt.

Driven Planetary Driven planetary grinders are similar to the restricted planetary grinders, but instead of a belt mechanism, driven planetary grinders are

operated by gears. One major difference is that the heads can either turn in a counter-rotating direction or same direction as the planetary drum. This can sometimes depend on the manufacturer’s specifications.

If the grinder is geared to spin the planetary and satellites in the same direction, then the grinder will be much more aggressive during grinding. The disadvantage to this grinder, like the unrestricted and restricted models, is that the planetary drum still speeds up or slows down in conjunction with the satellite heads.

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There are major advantages and disadvantages of each of the four planetary grinder/ polisher options available. One of the best ways a polishing contractor can decide, after looking at exactly what applications they will be performing, is to run the machines. Operating each type of grinder will enable a contractor to feel and see the differences, then choose the grinder that is right for their business based on the results.

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Sugar–the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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e’ve all heard it before—sugar is bad for you. More recently, the enemy has been high-fructose corn syrup—a chemically modified version of sucrose (table sugar). However, even the most basic chemistry or biology class teaches that bodies run on sugar, more specifically glucose—sugar in its most basic form.

So how can some types of sugar be good and some bad?

The quick answer to this question is moderation. Almost any type of food we put in our bodies is acceptable and safe, as long as it is eaten in moderation. Glucose, sucrose and fructose are all types of sugar naturally existing in the food we eat. The difference comes from the way our bodies process each type of sugar.

Sucrose and fructose are broken down from their more complex structures to make glucose once inside the body, which is then used for cell energy and growth. All three of these types of sugars are naturally-occurring, meaning they are naturally found in foods like fruits, root vegetables and honey. High-fructose corn syrup is chemically modified from its natural form, corn syrup, by increasing the amount of fructose.

The modern problem with sugar, is that as a general population we eat too much of it. Our bodies have a finite amount of sugar that can be processed at one time, and if there is an excess in the body the sugar is converted to fat and stored. Too much sugar in the bloodstream can also raise insulin levels. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas. It tells the body to utilize glucose (sugar) in the bloodstream for energy and also use fat stores if there is not enough glucose in the blood. Too much glucose in the blood, however, will elevate insulin levels and “trick” the body into storing glucose as fat instead of utilizing it for energy.

We all know that excess fat equals excess weight, and excess weight leads to a host of health concerns. The other problem with too much glucose in the blood is that is also raises

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the level of triglycerides and cholesterol, especially low-density lipoproteins (LDLs).

LDL is a type of protein that transports cholesterol around the body wherever it is needed.

Unfortunately, if there is too much LDL cholesterol in your body, it ends up getting deposited along the walls of your arteries, causing plaques which can lead to cardiovascular disease (CVD). High-fructose corn syrup can compound this problem. A diet high in highfructose corn syrup, or any sugar, will cause the liver to convert fructose to fat, also leading to increased levels of LDL.

The modern human diet, especially in the United States, is very high in added (or not naturally-occurring) sugars and processed carbohydrates. Combined with a low intake of fruits, vegetables and whole grains, as well as sub-optimal lifestyle habits, physical inactivity and use of tobacco, this is a recipe for disaster. This type of lifestyle leads to an increased risk of obesity, CVD, type 2 diabetes and cancer. It produces a tremendous amount of premature deaths, lost quality of life and global economic disruption due to skyrocketing health care costs.

Diet soda, perceived by some as a “healthy” alternative, is also to blame. While some think that they are making a healthy choice, there is added sugar in diet soda too. Often times, these sugars more closely resemble chemicals than actual sugar and contribute to an increased risk of developing coronary heart disease, kidney disease and metabolic syndrome. One study shows that middle-aged men and women who consumed more than one diet soda per day had a 30% higher risk of developing these diseases. Those with the lowest incidence of these conditions drank one or fewer diet sodas per month.

Some recent research has focused on cancer’s relation to sugar in the diet. While no study has been conclusive to date, several suggest that a high dietary sugar intake actually causes some cancer to grow and spread— especially breast and colon cancer. This is because cancerous tumors have insulin receptors that feed on glucose. If there is too much sugar in the body, insulin production goes up and that insulin tells the cancer cells to grow.

While much of this research is new, there are many cancer and CVD patients that have attested to the success of a low-sugar diet.

We cannot avoid sugar altogether, as it is our body’s main source of fuel and found in most of the foods we eat, but it is important to limit the amount we take into our bodies. This can be easily done by eating a diet high in fruits, vegetables (especially raw) and lean proteins and avoiding processed foods and added sugars and chemicals. Shop the perimeter of the grocery store, as that is where the healthiest foods are, and visit local farmers’ markets for even fresher produce grown with fewer, or no, chemicals.

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Contractor Core Drills Giant Chimney Stack A sawing and drilling contractor scaled new heights to complete a contract for the world’s second most geographically diversified steel producing company.

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wners of Tata Steel, a top-ten global steel maker, had decided to install specialist monitoring sensors to a 108-meter-tall (354.3-foot) red brick chimney stack at the company’s Scunthorpe plant in the U.K. The sensors would monitor waste gas produced by the plant to safeguard against reaching unsafe levels of toxicity. The plan was to place these sensors at specific intervals on the stack. It was decided a specialist diamond drilling contractor would be required for the drilling of both the ring locating pin holes and the monitoring sensor holes. Fabricated steel bands would then be fixed to these sections of the stack, using steel locating pins, before the sensors were mounted in position.

Tata Steel has 15 locations throughout the U.K., seven in North America and many more across the globe. The Scunthorpe plant is home to the company’s Long Products Hub. Here, the steel maker is able to roll rail up to 120 meters long (393.7 feet), a first for the U.K. and of significant interest to rail customers as they endeavour to improve safety along their networks. Steel from the plant has also been used in a wide range of applications, from the construction of the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, the T’sing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong and Wembley Stadium, to simple every day objects such as paperclips and light bulbs.

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Each hole measured 150 millimeters (5.9 inches) in diameter and was 300 millimeters (11.8 inches) deep.

CSDA Updates Core Drilling Specification The CSDA Standards and Specifications Committee recently revised the association’s core drilling specification to clarify ownership of cored holes. Under the new revision, CSDA-C-101 Core Drilling explains that ownership of holes and openings rest with the owner or contracting agency, not with the cutting contractor.

The CSDA contractor is typically creating the hole for another trade. Once the hole is made, the other trade requires ownership or control of the hole to utilize it for the purpose it was created. If there is a time lag between the time a hole is created and the time it is used by another trade, the owner or contracting agency needs to maintain a safe work area with fall protection, proper barricades and/or hole covers during the lag. To view and download CSDA-C-101, visit www.csda.org or call 727-577-5004 for more information.

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CSDA member D-Drill Master Drillers, Ltd. of Coventry, England, was invited to the job at the planning stage. The contractor was given a specific scope of work, which involved the diamond drilling of forty 150-millimeter-diameter (5.9-inch) holes 300 millimeters deep (11.8 inches) at three separate levels up the chimney stack to accommodate the steel locating pins.

The three drilling levels were spaced 15 meters (49.2 feet) apart, with eight holes being drilled on two of the levels and 32 holes to be drilled on the other.

Access was naturally the first issue to be addressed on the job. D-Drill and the site owners decided that the safest and easiest option would be to lift operators up to working platforms previously installed by another contractor. This was achieved by attaching a riding basket to an on-site crane and lifting the basket with operators inside. “Our guys had to have a stomach for heights to complete this job, but assured me from the start that it would be no problem,” said Mick Brown, manager of the company’s Sheffield office. “As a company, we leave nothing to chance. Operators undertook specialist training to work at heights and there were rescue teams on standby with abseil [rappel] equipment should anything have gone wrong during the work.”

Core drilling with diamond tools was the only viable option available to Tata Steel. The precise nature of this application meant that the holes had to be placed in the exact location specified without causing damage to the rest of the brickwork in the chimney stack.

Once positioned in the work area and safely secured, operators began by drilling eight holes for one of the three steel bands and monitors.

A Hilti DD350 core drill rig and motor was used for the creation of the 150-millimeter-diameter (5.9-inch) holes, which was specially fabricated at the client’s shop prior to the start of the work. The fabrication allowed the locking down pins to be manufactured and attached to the steel rings prior to being fitted. Core bits were supplied by the customer.

After an initial setup time of one hour, each 300-millimeter-deep (11.8-inch) hole took approximately 30 minutes to drill, taking an operator one shift to complete the eight required holes on two of the levels. For the third level, where 32 holes were required, it took two shifts for all drilling to be completed.

While the drilling work was relatively straightforward, the working conditions were not. Weather was a big factor during the course of the job, and several visits to the site had to be postponed due to strong winds in excess

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of 25 mph. It was unsafe for operators to be working up on the chimney stack, or for anyone to be transported to or from the work platforms by the riding basket and crane during periods of high winds, so the team from D-Drill had to bide its time.

When conditions were deemed safe enough to work, operators were attached to the work platform by safety harnesses. Thankfully, the emergency rescue team from Tata Steel was never called upon to rappel any injured parties down the chimney stack, and worked hard with the contractor to maintain a safe work area at all times.

Several separate visits were made to the site, as per the works program, to fit in with the ongoing fabrication of the steel pins and bands by the client. In total, D-Drill operators drilled 40 holes on the chimney stack and, despite some delays, were able to complete the work as quoted. As a result of laying the framework for the successful sensor installation, the contractor has been approached by Tata Steel to perform further drilling work. “We believe both ourselves and our client completed the job in the safest possible way and both parties are pleased with the outcome,� concluded Brown.

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Company Profile D-Drill Master Drillers Ltd has been a member of CSDA for 30 years and has been in business since 1967. Based in Coventry, England, the company has 94 employees and 70 trucks in 10 locations across the country. D-Drill offers services that include core drilling, slab sawing, wall sawing, hand sawing, wire sawing, controlled demolition, diamond floor grinding and floor preparation services.

Resources Customer: Tata Steel Sawing and Drilling Contractor: D-Drill Master Drillers, Ltd. Coventry, United Kingdom Phone: 1142726128 Email: mickbrown@d-drill.co.uk Website: www.d-drill.co.uk Methods Used: Core Drilling The core drilling work was done to accommodate monitoring equipment.

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LinkedIn Exploits the Power of Networking

By Sue Ann Kern

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ach and every one of us will agree that networking is a powerful and critical business tool. Utilizing colleagues and coworkers to share ideas, promote products and services and make introductions to other like-minded professionals can prove to be a more costeffective means of forging new business connections and creating new opportunities than advertising or public relations.

Often, an individual we meet through networking is not the person that we need to meet in order to accomplish a certain business goal. Yet, many times, that individual knows the person we need to meet, or knows a person who knows the person we need to meet. The power of networking is based on the idea of “six degrees of separation.”

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Six degrees of separation is a concept that was developed in 1929 by Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy, who surmised that because of technological improvements in communication and travel, the world is theoretically smaller from a social standpoint. These improvements made it easier for families, friendships and associations to span the globe, allowing humans to be connected across not just countries but across entire continents. This theory supposes that every person on Earth, through a series of a maximum of five introductions, is connected to every other person on Earth.

Now, flash forward to 2012. Technology and communication improvements have indeed made the world even smaller. The six degrees of separation theory, which arguably is now closer to three or four degrees of separation,

means that we could probably meet that elusive executive at that corporation we have been targeting because one of the individuals in our network knows him, or knows someone who knows him, or knows someone who knows someone who knows him.

LinkedIn takes advantage of this theory and has become the most powerful and largest professional social network on the internet since its launch in 2003. Today, LinkedIn has over 175 million members in more than 200 countries. Like most other social media sites, LinkedIn is free with an option to upgrade to various paid premium accounts. However, unlike many other social media sites, LinkedIn is intended to be a site solely for business professionals. This is not where you will find out about your friend’s weekend escapades

When you join LinkedIn, you will be prompted to create your profile, which, for all intents and purposes, is your online resume.

Just like in your resume, you will provide information about your current and past positions, your education, your professional and social affiliations, hobbies and interests. You will also be asked to upload a photo, create a concise professional headline and craft an executive summary explaining who you are and why you are who you are.

The most important components to complete are your professional headline, current and past positions, your contact information and your profile picture. This is because this information is what will appear when people find you through a LinkedIn search. Your professional headline (think “elevator pitch”) must be succinct since you only have 120 characters, and should contain specific and powerful keywords about your talents and specialties. This will help others to locate your profile through a search. Consider this when you are creating your headline: what keywords would you use to search for someone just like you?

The remainder of your profile can be a work in progress. LinkedIn will prompt you as you are developing your profile. You will see a progress bar and frequent dialog boxes that will remind you what needs to be done to have a more complete profile. You can also add LinkedIn applications to make your profile more compelling and individual. Consider regularly updating your profile as well.

Creating Connections When you have completed most of your profile, it is time to start searching for connections. Remember that Rolodex with the thou-

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Members have an average of $109,000 annual income and nearly half are the decision makers for their households.

In essence, LinkedIn is the perfect social media site for business professionals who do not necessarily like social media. Like Facebook, LinkedIn can be used to promote a business and over 2 million company pages can be found on the site. However, whereas Facebook business pages are about marketing the business, the main purpose of LinkedIn is to promote yourself as an individual. Your profile is about you, and you just happen to work for a certain company. If you leave that company to work elsewhere, your LinkedIn profile still belongs to you and reflects your expertise and experiences. Simply update your LinkedIn profile with the new information.

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sands of business cards? Well, that is a good place to start. Begin by searching for colleagues, coworkers and college friends.

When you find them, click on “Connect” to send them a request to connect. LinkedIn will require you to specify how you know the individual. Have you worked with them?

Did you go to school with them? Were they your client? If you specify that they are your friend, you will be prompted for their email address. Never, under any circumstance, choose “I Don’t Know…” This is to prevent spam, and if done repeatedly can cause your account to be suspended.

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As you build you connections, you will find that you will start receiving invitations to connect with others. Some will be people you know, others will not. It is up to you whether or not you want to connect. Many of you will be eager to get as many connections as possible, because the number of connections you have shows up on your profile and can look impressive. Others of you may want to connect only when it makes sense. Bigger is not necessarily better. Just remember the concept of six degrees of separation, which tells us that it isn’t necessarily who you know, but who the person you know knows.

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social media focus Referrals When you send your resume to a prospective employer, you would not dream of leaving out referrals. Likewise for LinkedIn, which has a powerful tool that allows you to ask any of your connections to write a referral for you. This referral can then be showcased on your profile.

Do not be afraid to ask for a referral. Also, be generous with referrals to your connections.

You do not have to wait to be asked. Anyone would appreciate an unsolicited compliment and would most likely be willing to reciprocate.

Groups The Groups setup is arguably the powerhouse tool of LinkedIn. There are nearly 1.2 Million groups, spanning interests from accounting and astrology to zodiac signs and zoology. Search for and join groups that are of interest to you, and then dig in by sharing relevant content on discussions or by starting a discussion yourself. Groups are an excellent way to showcase your knowledge and brand yourself as an expert in your field. Consider creating your own group.

Groups also allow you to reach out beyond your connections and network with others in your industry and those with whom you who have shared interests. Again, this allows the six degrees of separation principle to help you associate with more people and shrink your virtual world.

Hiring Solutions Whether you are looking for a job or looking to hire someone, LinkedIn is a valuable resource and effective tool. Nearly 85% of the Fortune 100 companies use LinkedIn to search for potential candidates to fill open

positions, to verify their resume and referrals, and to reach out to the individuals. LinkedIn will even create a traditional resume from your profile with the click of a button, although many human resource departments prefer utilizing your online profile over the old fashioned paper version.

If you are job hunting, search LinkedIn Companies to see what job openings are posted. Utilize your connections and the six degrees concept to see how you can connect with influential individuals at those companies.

In this situation, you may want to consider a premium account, which will give you more access and information about companies and individuals above and beyond the standard account. Take advantage of Groups to showcase your expertise and elevate your visibility.

Budgeting Your Time on LinkedIn Like any social media site, internet site, smart phone application, television show, hobby, sport or friend, LinkedIn can consume a lot of time. It is important to budget your time and not allow yourself to get sucked in.

Consider the acronym CRISP: Check LinkedIn a few times a week Respond to comments from connections Inform your connections Search for new connections Peruse other sources for interesting information Plan on spending no more than 10-15 minutes, 2-4 times a week on LinkedIn. That is much less time than you would spend at a live networking event. Respond if someone has sent you a message or contributed to any Group discussions you have participated in. Share an update, create a discussion or comment on the status updates and discus-

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The Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association has a LinkedIn group, Facebook page and YouTube channel. All three are updated with the latest news and events from the association, its partners and affiliate organizations. There is also a separate Facebook page for the CSDA Next Generation. To join the association’s LinkedIn group, visit www.linkedin.com and search for CSDA. Links to the association’s Facebook page and YouTube channel can be found at the foot of the CSDA Website home page.

Readers of Concrete Openings are encouraged to “like” the association’s Facebook pages to see notifications about CSDA, including details of upcoming meetings and training classes together with exclusive sneak-peeks at new documents, event photos and cover designs. Other information posted consists of promotions and free offers from partner organizations like OSHA.

For more information, visit www.csda.org call 727-577-5004.

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sions of others. Check for connection requests and search for new individuals with whom to connect, such as someone you recently met at a live event or met virtually through a Group discussion. Share information that you have found elsewhere, either through your Groups or your status updates.

However, remember that as useful as LinkedIn can be, it will never replace face-toface interaction and conversations.

Now Log Off And Get Back To Work!

Take some time and get to know LinkedIn. There are many features of this social media site that are not mentioned above, and developers are constantly creating new applications.

Used properly and regularly, you will no doubt realize the power of the six degrees of separation concept that LinkedIn exploits. You will soon understand that this professional social media site is an incredibly effective tool in helping you expand your network, brand your expertise and grow your business.

Sue Ann Kern is a trainer, consultant and professional speaker on social media. Through her company, Face It! Social Media, she helps businesses and individuals to promote their products, services and themselves through Social Media. Kern earned her degree in Electrical Engineering and spent the early part of her career as a digital designer and programmer. She has presented to the CSDA membership and held a workshop on the subject of social media at the association’s 2012 Convention. Sue Ann’s book, Facebook for Smart People, was published this year. Sue Ann can be reached at 435-201-8610 or by email at sueann@faceitsocialmedia.com.

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OSHA/CSDA Alliance Latest The Alliance between the Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association (CSDA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is now in its seventh year and continues to educate contractors, prevent on-the-job accidents and injuries and provide vital materials to advance a safe work environment for sawing and drilling professionals.

Here is the latest news from the Alliance Program.

Fatal Occupational Injuries Down Results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries were released in September. Findings show that the number of fatal work injuries in 2011 was slightly lower than final results from 2010. Last year, 4,609 workers died from work-related injuries, down from a final count of 4,690 in 2010. “It’s a step in the right direction, but more needs to be done. We will continue to collaborate with employers, workers, labor leaders and safety and health professionals to ensure that every American who clocks in for a shift can make it home safe and sound at the end of the day,” said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis.

More Best Practice Documents Released in Spanish OSHA and CSDA are pleased to announce that a further two Best Practices produced by the Alliance have been translated into Spanish. The two documents— CSDA-OBP-1004 Electrical Safety and CSDA-OBP-1005 Scaffold Safety—were released in September and are available to download from the CSDA Website. They are the fifth and sixth Best Practice documents to be translated, with more Spanish translations planned for the future.

OSHA/CSDA Alliance at World of Concrete 2013 Federal and local representatives from OSHA will be at CSDA booth #C4441 during the World of Concrete trade show and exhibition in Las Vegas on February 5-8, 2013. The OSHA representatives will be on-hand to provide advice and guidance, while Board and committee members, and contractors from CSDA will be present to share information about the industry, the association and discuss the benefits of being part of an Alliance program.

For more information about the OSHA/CSDA Alliance program, or to view documents released by this partnership, visit www.csda.org and click on the “OSHA Alliance” link under “Safety” or call 727-577-5004.

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Industry Bits ICS Partners with Terra Diamond, Launches Line of Blades and Bits ICS, the pioneer of Diamond Chain Technology (DCT™), introduces an entirely new line of professional diamond blades and core bits under the brand name, ProFORCE™. Developed jointly under a strategic partnership between ICS and Terra Diamond Industries, the ProFORCE™ diamond blade and core bit product line combines the resources and expertise of two companies long dedicated to producing, selling and servicing professional-grade products for the professional sawing and drilling contractor. Engineered and produced in the USA, and sold and serviced by ICS in North America, the new line of blades and core bits will be represented by the ICS sales force in the USA and Canada. To order, or for more information, call 800-321-1240 or email orders@icsbestway.com.

CSDA 2013 Annual Meeting Notice The annual meeting of the members of the Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association will take place at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the Hawks Cay Island Resort in Duck Key, Florida, for the purpose of receiving reports, transacting business and electing officers and directors. For more information, call the CSDA office at 727-577-5004 or email info@csda.org.

Diamond Products Introduces New Hi-Cycle Wall Saw Diamond Products is pleased to introduce the Hydrostress WSE2226 hi-cycle wall saw system. This electric system can handle diamond blades up to 86 inches in diameter with 35 horsepower at the output shaft. The saw will accommodate a 40-inch-diameter starter blade without being in the cut and can produce 26 kilowatts of output. Other features include quick mounting blade flanges and a 360-degrees adjustable swivel.

The system also comes with a complete control unit with radio remote control.

For more information, call Diamond Products at 800-321-5336 or visit www.diamondproducts.com.

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Husqvarna Adds New Line of Small Floor Grinders The latest in Husqvarna’s series of small floor grinders has been introduced. The new PG 400 – 220V grinder features a 4-horsepower, 1-phase motor and can grind concrete, mastic, glue, overlayments and epoxies. The grinder has ergonomic and performance features designed for easy operation. These features include an ergonomically designed handlebar, which can be folded over the machine to conserve transport space, low noise levels and a dust guard and vacuum port for efficient suction of dust. Husqvarna also has compatible diamond tooling for a wide range of applications. For more information, visit www.husqvarnacp.com or call 800-288-5040.

CARDI Core Drill Rig Introduced by Expert Equipment Expert Equipment Company of Houston, Texas, is pleased to introduce the new CARDI Vortex 420 core drill rig. The unit features a 2.5-inch square steel column and a newly designed 2.5-inch roller carriage for precision core drilling. The 4-speed core drill has a 20-amp, 120-volt motor and comes with “smart electronic,” which is a soft start and overload protection system. The Vortex 420 can handle core drill bits up to 14 inches in diameter, and has a idle rpm range between 380 and 1,700 rpm. This core rig weighs less than a 2.9-inch setup and compliments the existing CARDI core drill models. For more information, contact Markus Bartl at 713-797-9886 or email expertequipment@sbcglobal.net.

Concut, Inc. Announces Expansion in Grooving and Grinding Concut, Inc. is pleased to introduce the expansion of its grooving and grinding product line. Concut’s newly-developed, custom-designed bonds are available for grooving and grinding contractors in the U.S. as well as in international markets. The new blades are said to provide up to 40% longer life compared to alternatives, as well as increased cutting speeds of up to 20%. Blades are carefully engineered based on the specific demands of each jobsite application. The expanded product line includes grinding blades for the recessed marker and inlaid tape market, as well as slot cutting blades for dowel bar retrofit projects. All blades are custom-manufactured at the company’s recently expanded production facility in Washington state and are available in a wide range of sizes and specifications. For more information, contact Tom Monaghan at 800-243-5888 or email tom@concutusa.com.

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B ITS New GPR Software from Sensors & Software Sensors & Software Inc. announces the release of EKKO_Project, a new umbrella, PC-based software solution for analysis of GPR data. EKKO_ Project features unique managing of GPR line data and ancillary data, enhanced viewing of file attributes and the use of a single file to store all information in a GPR project. All GPR data, GPS, topography, photos and notes are housed in a single Project (.GPZ) file that can be added to throughout the life span of a project. The software can be enhanced with optional interpretation and processing modules. The interpretation module enables users to select targets, layers or add labels and identifiers on GPR lines. The integrated database provides storage of interpretations plus the ability to output interpretations in tabulated reports. The processing module provides a range of common GPR signal processing and analysis tools such as migration, time and spatial filtering and attribute creation. The full EKKO_Project Suite operates with Windows 7. For existing software owners, affordable upgrade paths are available. For more information, contact Greg Johnston at 905-624-8909 or email gbj@sensoft.ca.

Waste Water Solidification Solution from Congelz Congelz is a blend of polymers, minerals and pH stabilizers. When used as directed, rinse water will transform from a liquid to a gel. Passing the ASTM 9095B paint filler test, this gel has been determined to be safe and legal for landfill disposal. Slurry and chute washouts can be placed into a bucket and Congelz solidifies the waste, allowing for safe disposal within a couple of minutes. The product can turn contaminated rinse runoff into a non-hazardous approved waste. For more information, call Terry Fenelon at 651-488-6091 or visit www.congelz.com.

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Hilti Introduces New Core Bits The new Hilti P- and H-Line diamond core bits come in two specifications: one designed for premium speed (PS and H2S), the other designed for premium life (PL and H4S). Featuring new segment geometry, the new Hilti P- and H-Line diamond core bits have been designed for easy hole starting and maximum coring efficiency. The company has also produced a “Tool Class Bit Specification,� to aid contractors in selecting the right bit for the job. The aim of the specification is to provide contractors with the highest productivity from their equipment; forming a matched system for reliability and performance. For more information, contact Hilti customer service at 800-879-8000 in the U.S., 800-461-3028 in Canada or visit www.us.hilti.com in the U.S. or www.hilti.ca in Canada.

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Threaded Diamond Core Bits and Barrels from CS Unitec CS Unitec’s threaded diamond core drills and barrels are designed for deep hole drilling in concrete using any portable diamond core drilling rig. Consisting of three components—a threaded diamond crown, threaded core barrel and threaded cap—these bits are suitable for applications where extra depth is required, often in specialty core drilling situations. Threaded bits, barrels and caps are available in diameters from 1 to 10 inches. The threaded barrels come in lengths of 12, 24, 36 and 48 inches. The barrels can be connected in any combination of lengths. A new barrel can be added to extend the length of the initial core drill bit without exiting the hole. Additionally, breakout of the existing core is not required. For more information, call 800-700-5919 or email info@csunitec.com. Visit CS Unitec at booth #O31418 during World of Concrete 2013.

The principals of Purdue & Awsumb P.A. announce that Amy R. Baudler has joined the firm as a shareholder and officer. The firm is now known as Purdue Awsumb & Baudler P.A. Ms. Baudler is a 1993 graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School. Her practice includes representing owners, contractors, sureties, engineers, subcontractors and material suppliers in several states on a wide variety of constructionrelated matters. The new firm’s practice includes primarily business and corporate law, business litigation, manufacturing, managed insurance programs and the defense of professional liability claims. Principal clients are in consulting engineering, environmental consulting, trade associations and the business of insurance. For more information, contact Anne Awsumb at 952-8322603 or email anne@purduelaw.com.

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New Series of Wall Saw Blades from K2 Diamond K2 Diamond introduces the new field tested Extreme XTTE wall saw blade series. The new line of blades has been designed to provide concrete cutters with maximum wall saw performance. The Extreme XTTE design incorporates numerous laser-welded jumbo segments with a variety of diamond concentrations and bonds, designed for soft to hard aggregate sawing applications.

Blades are suitable for wall saw machines with low, medium or high horsepower. For more information, visit www.k2diamond.com or call 800-539-6116.

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EDCO to Showcase Products at World of Concrete 2013 Equipment Development Company, manufacturer of EDCO and CONTRx Systems products, is pleased to continue its long-established partnership with World of Concrete. On February 5-8, 2013, the company will feature its new CONTRx propane-powered concrete polishing machine at the company’s exhibit booths during the Las Vegas show.

The company has responded to customer requests for more smaller polishing machines without electrical cords.

The Pro-Polish II Propane is designed to recondition, refurbish and polish residential and smaller commercial concrete floors. EDCO will also show upgrades to its existing surface preparation machines and demonstrate new accessories during the show. For more information about the company and its products, call 800-638-3326 or visit www.edcoinc.com.

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Stihl Unveils TS 480i Handheld Saw The new TS 480i Stihl CutquikÂŽ cut-off machine is a powerful and lightweight saw that is suitable for cutting concrete and masonry. It features an electronically controlled fuel-injection system, increasing power by 17% and cutting speed by 15% as compared to the TS 410. The new product has a maximum wheel size of 12 inches. The low-emission engine provides optimal torque throughout the RPM range and eliminates the need for a choke, simplifying the starting procedure. The standard electronic water control feature allows for easy and efficient water flow adjustment while in operation. The X2 air filtration system is low maintenance and operates with a cleaning efficiency of 99.96%. For more information, call 800-467-8445 or visit www.stihlusa.com.

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DCI Introduces New Chain Segment Design

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Diamond Chain International is pleased to introduce a new chain segment design called 3D. The unique aspect of this new design, is that diamonds are uniformly aligned throughout the segment. This technology enables more diamond to be in contact with the material at all times, resulting in a faster and longer lasting performance.

This exclusive product is only available through Diamond Chain International. 3D technology is available in every size chain and is now also available for the X Type series for saws with larger chassis. DCI will showcase its line of 3D chains during World of Concrete 2013 at booths O31003 and S11127. For more information, call 877-778-3765 or visit www.dciconcretechain.com.

Traxx Construction Products is pleased to unveil RAT2, the company’s second generation of random array technology diamond blades. The new series of blades has been over 18 months in the making, designed to provide high levels of speed and performance at a competitive price. Traxx believes it has been successful in all three areas. The new range includes hand saw, flat saw, ring saw blades and pre-cut blades for hydraulic and 2-stroke machines. The range of flat saw blades includes a 22-inchdiameter blade. For more information, Contact Lloyd Williams at lloyd.williams@traxxcp.com.au or visit www.traxxcp.com.au.

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International Association to Hold Seminars at Bauma 2013 The International Association of Concrete Drillers and Sawers (IACDS), an umbrella organization of national sawing and drilling associations including CSDA, will hold a series of seminars on Friday, April 19, 2013 during the Bauma 2013 trade show in Munich, Germany.

The seminars will be held in conjunction with the IACDS 2013 Diamond Award ceremony, a competition for the most innovative sawing and drilling projects. Experts from four sponsoring companies will introduce attendees to new fields of application, and the latest advanced technologies and techniques.

The seminars are geared towards architects, engineers, planners, general building contractors and builder-owners who want to learn more about the concrete sawing and drilling industry.

Sponsored by leading IACDS members, the seminars are free to attend. For more information, visit www.iacds.org or email info@iacds.org.

Expert Equipment Updates Range of Large Core Drill Rigs Expert Equipment Company has replaced the BM 800 core drill rig with the CARDI BM800-3 EL. This new model offers a 3-speed, heavy duty gear box for core drilling up holes up to 36 inches in diameter. The idle rpm range is from 70 to 400 rpm under load. Power comes from two 120-volt, 25-amp motors, which require a 10-kilowatt generator.

In addition, the CARDI T10-500-EL has been added to Expert Equipment’s core drill line.

The unit features the same gear box as the BM 800-3 and is suitable for core drilling up to 28 inches in diameter. The idle rpm range is 100 to 530 rpm under load. This 120-volt, 25-amp motor requires a 5-kilowatt generator. For more information, call 713-797-9886 or visit www.expertequipment.com. w ww. c o n c re te ope n in gs.com

Pentruder, Inc. Moves to Larger Facility Pentruder, Inc. has completed the relocation of its office, warehouse and service operations to larger quarters in Chandler, Arizona. The move represents one aspect of an aggressive business plan designed to keep pace with the sustained sales growth of the Pentruder line of saws, drills and accessories. The move will also support the additional staff needed to maintain technical support, full parts inventory and customer service. The new Pentruder location is 6501 W. Frye Road, Suite 14, Chandler, AZ 85226. For additional information, call 562-445-6429 or email terry@pentruderinc.com.

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Husqvarna Announces New District Sales Managers Husqvarna Construction Products is pleased to announce the appointment of three new district sales managers. James Peterson joins Husqvarna as the district sales manager for the northwest territory. James has 23 years of experience. Prior to joining the company, he owned a building and development company, where he gained concrete cutting experience. Gene Millican is the new district sales manager for the eastern region—Alabama and Mississippi. With over 16 years of professional experience, Gene has a very diverse background, from being a coowner of a tavern to finance and sales. Dave Thornsburg joins Husqvarna as the district sales manager for Alaska and Washington. For the past 19 years, Dave was the district sales manager at Wausau Paper and has a wealth of customer service experience. For more information, contact Cate Stratemeier at 913-928-1442 or email cate.stratemeier@husqvarnagroup.com.

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Hilti TE 2-A18 Compact and TE 2-A18 Rotary Hammer Drills Hilti is pleased to introduce two new models in its line of rotary hammer drills. The Hilti TE 2-A18 compact rotary hammer is suitable for lighter weight, while the TE 2-A18 rotary hammer drill is designed for more run time. Both models have high efficiency motors that deliver more work per charge and are lightweight— comparable to the weight of the corded Hilti TE 2 rotary hammer drill. The hammers are suitable for drilling anchor holes or through holes in concrete, brick and block with an optimum drilling diameter range of 0.188 to 0.375 inches. Hilti CPC battery technology protects the battery, switch and motor for increased durability and longer battery life. These new cordless rotary hammers come standard with drop-resistant ultramide housing, and the company provides professionals unlimited battery replacements for two years under Hilti’s Lifetime Service. For more information, contact Hilti customer service at 800-879-8000 in the U.S., 800-461-3028 in Canada or visit www.us.hilti.com in the U.S. or www.hilti.ca in Canada.

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The new two-piece Bosch carbide bushing tool is engineered specifically for concrete roughing or chipping jobs. The tool allows the user to apply the shank or head unit with other systems, and the head alone can be replaced when worn. Bosch shank options include an 8-inch SDS-max®, a 12-inch round hex and a 12-inch ¾-inch hex. The carbide bushing tool has a head that measures 2 inches by 2 inches and features 25 carbidetipped pyramid points. It can be used with demolition hammers and combination hammers to prepare a rough concrete surface or remove excess concrete where chipping, cleaning or gouging is required. For more information, visit www.boschtools.com or call 877-267-2499.

MK Diamond Announces Mobile Website Launch MK Diamond is proud to announce the launch of a company website for mobile devices: m.mkdiamond.com. The site contains MK Diamond’s entire catalog, including product specifications, manuals and online buying links, all in a mobile device-friendly format. Designed for retail shoppers as well as MK Diamond distributors, the mobile site includes the company’s most recent products, from blades to saws to the Higgins Jig. The “Merchandising” link on the mobile site home page provides distributors with information on all current bulk blades and merchandising items in the MK product line. If a user needs detailed information about procedures or troubleshooting, they can simply scan the smart phone compatible QR code on the saw for instant access to the owner’s manual and parts list section of the MK mobile website. To view the new site, go to m.mkdiamond.com from any web-enabled or smart phone or call 800-539-6116 for more information.

CSDA Members at WOC 2013

To see which CSDA members will be exhibiting at the Las Vegas show, February 5–8, 2013, use your smartphone to scan the QR Code and a list will appear. For those of you without smartphones, simply visit www.csda.org or www.concreteopenings.com and look for the link on the home page.

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CertifiCATION Operator Certification

COMPANY Certification

Companies listed here have invested time and money to send their operators to CSDA’s Operator Certification. If you are committed to professionalism in the concrete cutting industry, consider sending your operators through the training programs offered by the Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association.

The CSDA Company Certification Program is the first of its kind in the industry. This 3-tier program has been created for cutting contractors to provide owners, architects, engineers, general contractors and government officials with a valuable pre-qualification tool that acknowledges sound business practices. It is available to all sawing and drilling contractors.

abc cutting contractors birmingham Bessemer, Alabama

East Coast Concrete Specialities, Inc. Jessup, Maryland

abc cutting contractors mobile Daphine, Alabama

ELMER’S CRANE & DOZER, INC. Traverse City, Michigan

ACCU-CUT CONCRETE SERVICES Palm Harbor, Florida

Hard Rock Concrete Cutters, Inc. Wheeling, Illinois

Atlantic Concrete Cutting, Inc. Mt. Holly, New Jersey

Hard Rock Sawing & Drilling Specialist Co. Keshena, Wisconsin

B.T. Rentals Limited Woodbrook, Trinidad & Tobago

Holes Incorporated Houston, Texas

Cal West Concrete Cutting, Inc. Union City, California

HOUSLEY DEMOLITION CO., INC. Visalia, California

Central Concrete Cutting, Inc. Edgar, Wisconsin

International Drilling & Sawing, Inc. Montgomery, Alabama

Con-Cor Company, Inc. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

j-ray contractors, llc Marrero, Louisiana

Concrete Cutting & Breaking Co. Jacksonville, Florida

K.C. Coring & Cutting Construction, Inc. Kansas City, Missouri

Concrete Cutting Specialists, Inc. Freeland, Michigan

LIUNA local 506 Training Centre Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Concrete Penetrating Co. Dallas, Texas

M6 Concrete Cutting & Coring Wichita, Kansas

Concrete Renovation, Inc. San Antonio, Texas

Oklahoma Coring & Cutting, Inc. Arcadia, Oklahoma

Core Solutions Ltd. Maraval, Trinidad & Tobago

Pacific Concrete Cutting & Coring, Inc. Lihue, Hawaii

Coring & Cutting of Springfield, Inc. Nixa, Missouri

Penhall Company/Concrete Coring Company of Hawaii Aiea, Hawaii

Coring & Cutting Services, Inc. Bentonville, Arkansas Coring & Cutting Services, Inc. Jacksonville, Arkansas Cut-Rite Concrete Cutting Corp.

Pawtucket, Rhode Island Cutting Edge Services Corp.

Batavia, Ohio d.m. conlon/dan-kel concrete coring, sawing & scanning Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Professional Concrete Sawing Erie, Pennsylvania quick cuts concrete cutting services, llc Belvidere, Illinois Roughneck Concrete Drilling & Sawing Morton Grove, Illinois True Line Coring & Cutting of Chattanooga, LLC Chattanooga, Tennessee True Line Coring & Cutting of Knoxville, LLC Knoxville, Tennessee

DeAndrea Coring & Sawing, Inc. Henderson, Colorado

True Line Coring & Cutting of Nashville, LLC Nashville, Tennessee

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Atlantic Concrete Cutting, Inc. Mount Holly, New Jersey

LEVEL TWO de andrea coring & sawing, inc.

Henderson, Colorado hard rock concrete cutters, inc.

Wheeling, Illinois Holes Incorporated Houston, Texas

PG cutting services Lake Elsinore, California

DARI Concrete Sawing and Drilling Raleigh, North Carolina

Delta Contractors & Associates, LLC Baltimore, Maryland

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LEVEL ONE AUSTIN ENTERPRISE Bakersfield, California central concrete cutting, inc.

Edgar, Wisconsin Concrete Renovation, Inc. San Antonio, Texas Cutting Edge Services Corp.

Batavia, Ohio GREENE’S, INC. Woods Cross, Utah WESTCOAST CUTTING & CORING, LTD. Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

membership NEW MEMBERS The Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association is a nonprofit trade association of contractors, manufacturers, distributors and affiliates from the construction and renovation industry. Membership in CSDA is open to concrete cutting contractors, manufacturers and distributors of concrete cutting equipment and affiliated companies who provide products and services to the concrete sawing and drilling industry.

Founded in 1972, CSDA reached the milestone of 500 member companies in 2006.

North American Contractor COnstruction debris removal St. Augustine, Florida CORNERSTONE MASONRY SERVICES Norton, Massachusetts Delta Contractors & Associates, LLC Baltimore, Maryland Detroit Diamond Drilling, Inc. Detroit, Michigan Elmer’s Crane & Dozer, Inc. Traverse City, Michigan Exco, Inc. Bensalem, Pennsylvania Housley Demolition Co., Inc. Visalia, California Safe2Core, Inc. San Jose, California

Member Benefit Partnerships

SUPREME CONCRETE CUTTING & DRILLING Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Overseas Contractor Celtic Coring, LLC Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Manufacturer MERIT ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT COMPANY Santa Ana, California Quanzhou Zhongzhi Diamond Tool Co., Ltd. Quanzhou, China

Affiliate GMI Engineered Products Bluffton, Ohio Prism Corporation St. Paul, Minnesota

The opportunity to network with cutting professionals at the annual convention and quarterly meetings has often been cited as the number one CSDA member benefit. The 41st Annual CSDA Convention and Tech Fair is scheduled for February 26-March 2, 2013 at Hawks Cay Island Resort in Duck Key, Florida, which includes two days of CSDA Board and committee meetings.

The Convention agenda includes:

MEMBER TESTIMONIAL

• Presentations • Roundtable discussions • The Tech Fair

After thirty years of surveying management in construction and highway building, I decided that I wanted a change in careers. I was introduced to Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and became intrigued with the technology. My research into GPR led me to training classes in Oregon. I returned home to develop my own business strategies for my new company; Subsurface Imaging Solutions GPR (SIS GPR). The first place that I turned to was the Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association (CSDA), because I learned in training that GPR and concrete were a perfect fit. I decided to join Rob Black CSDA and, fortunately, I joined the week before the association’s Summer Meetings in Atlanta and was encouraged to participate. While there, I was hosted at various venues and met with all kinds of concrete sawing and drilling business owners. The meeting in Atlanta was the perfect place for me to gather more information about how to proceed in the growth of my business and my enthusiasm for GPR. I am grateful for the hospitality of the CSDA folk, and for a feeling of inclusion from the first phone call to being asked to contribute to this column. I know that my experiences at the CSDA meetings in Atlanta will enable me to build a strong successful business in Ground Penetrating Radar.

Rob Black Subsurface Imaging Solutions GPR Birmingham, Alabama rob.black@sisgpr.com

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• Board, committee and group meetings • Social events • Optional activities • Team building sessions Contractors can take advantage of informative and motivational sessions on the agenda, while manufacturers, distributors and affiliate companies can take part in the tabletop Tech Fair and connect with contractors in a more personal setting. Attendees are given several opportunities to mingle and network with peers from all over North America and beyond.

There are discounted registration options available for first-time Convention attendees and new members to CSDA. Join the association in Duck Key, Florida, and discover the key to success!

For more information about the CSDA 2013 Convention and Tech Fair, or other partnerships and member benefits available, visit www.csda.org or call 727-577-5004.

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Membership Application

CONTRACTORS ONLY – check below to identify the services you offer, which will listed in the print and online directories: flat sawing selective demolition concrete polishing

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polishing contractor

gpr imaging contractor

core drilling curb cutting surface preparation

manufacturer

wire sawing

distributor overseas contractor affiliate*

$0–1m

$565

$750

$1,200

$875

$1–2M

$920

$1,490

$1,120

$2,210

$1,655

$3–5m

$1,390 $750 $1,875 $1,250

$5–10m

$2,355

$4,785

>$10m

$2,975

$5,945

$2–3m

wall sawing ground penetrating radar slurry recycling

$3,565

$390 $695

$2,670

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BENEFITS Member Benefits

Member Benefit Programs

Networking at the Annual Convention and Quarterly Meetings

The Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association negotiates member benefit programs with national vendors in order to provide cost-savings opportunities for CSDA Members.

The number one benefit for members has always been the opportunity to network with cutting professionals at the annual convention and quarterly meetings.

This networking provides opportunities to forge new relationships and learn from other experienced professionals.

CSDA Training and Certification Programs Over 2,000 members have graduated from more than 20 classroom, hands-on and online training programs: Cutting Edge, Slab Sawing & Drilling, Wall Sawing, Wire Sawing, Operator Certification, OSHA Construction Safety and Estimating. CSDA offers online training at www. csdatraining.com for those not able to afford the time or the money to send operators to remote classes. The CSDA Company Certification 3-tier audit program has been developed to provide owners, architects, engineers, general contractors and government officials with a valuable prequalification tool, to qualify that hiring a certified company will ensure a demonstrated capability from a sawing and drilling professional.

CSDA Safety Resources and Toolbox Safety Tips (TSTs) The 230-page CSDA Safety Manual, CSDA 57-page Safety Handbook and five safety DVDs are designed specifically for concrete cutters and are available to members at a significant discount. TSTs can be used in employee safety meetings and can be an important part of your company’s safety program. CSDA has released a total of 100 TSTs since the program began. A new TST is released every month.

CSDA and

CSDA Insurance Program The CSDA Insurance Program is a multi-line insurance program available to CSDA members. The program provides service philosophies and practices defined by people in the industry, policy holder influence, a customized policy form, streamlined coverage documents and a centralized claims service center. Unlike many programs, the CSDA Insurance Program provides a broad range of coverage or “lines.”

UPS Freight UPS Freight offers members customized savings starting at 70% on less-than-truckload freight shipments inbound, outbound and third party billing. Shipments are guaranteed on-time at no additional charge and UPS offers complete, reliable offshore coverage. All U.S. and Canadian companies are eligible for this program.

V-Belt V-Belt Supply offers a complete inventory of belts, including hard-to-find matched sets and banded belts. The company sells direct from the manufacturer and ships worldwide at wholesale prices. In addition, CSDA members can get 10% off by using their company name along with the discount code CSDA2012.

Inventory turns constantly, so belts stay in perfect condition.

For more information, visit www.vbeltsupply.com. Order online or call 888-291-5450.

Other benefits and programs can be reviewed by visiting the CSDA Website at www.csda.org or call the CSDA office at 727-577-5004.

Find a Member Online

Website

The CSDA Website at www.csda.org contains a wealth of information available 24/7 in the “Members” section.

The online discussion boards also provide members a forum to discuss technical issues, sell equipment, hire employees or any other relevant topics. at www.concreteopenings.com is the only professional magazine dedicated to concrete cutting with a circulation of 17,000 per issue. Members can advertise at significant discounts and use the opportunity to have their job stories reach over 7,000 architects, engineers, general contractors and government officials.

Visit www.csda.org and click on the map icon to get started.

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Calendar 2013 February 4-8

February 26-27

World of Concrete Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV Tel: 972-536-6379 www.worldofconcrete.com

CSDA Spring MeetingS Hawks Cay Island Resort Duck Key, FL Tel: 727-577-5004 www.csda.org

February 5-6

February 28 – March 2

CSDA Slab Sawing and Drilling 201 Operator Certification Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV Tel: 727-577-5004 www.csda.org

CSDA 2013 Convention and Tech Fair Hawks Cay Island Resort Duck Key, FL Tel: 727-577-5004 www.csda.org

February 6-7

March 18-20

CSDA Estimating Class Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV Tel: 727-577-5004 www.csda.org

2013 Design-Build in Transportation Conference Hilton Walt Disney World Orlando, FL Tel: 202-478-2662 www.designbuildtransportation.com

February 6-7 CSDA Concrete Polishing Class Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV Tel: 727-577-5004 www.csda.org

February 6 CSDA Board Meeting Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV Tel: 727-577-5004 www.csda.org

February 7 CSDA Next Generation committee Meeting Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV Tel: 727-577-5004 www.csda.org

February 28–March 2

March 19-21 Brazil Road Expo 2013 Transamerica Expo Center Sao Paulo, Brazil Tel: 55 11-3893-1300 www.brazilroadexpo.com.br

March 23-26 National Demolition Association 2013 Convention San Diego Convention Center and Hilton Bayfront Hotel San Diego, California Tel: 800-541-2412 www.demolitionassociation.com

csda concrete polishing class February 6–7

CSDA 2013 convention and tech fair

April 15-21

May 9-11

Bauma 2013 Munich, Germany Tel: 49 89 949-11348 www.bauma.de/en

Guangzhou Abrasives Exhibition (GAE) 2013 China Import & Export Fair, Pazhou Complex (Area B), China Tel: 86 20 29188711 Email: gae@grandeurhk.com www.gaechina.com

April 22 IACDS Annual Meeting Munich, Germany www.iacds.org

May 6-8 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering Conference 2013 De Doelen Congress Centre Rotterdam, The Netherlands Tel: 31 182 320516 Email: secretary@ iabse2013rotterdam.nl www.iabse2013rotterdam.nl

May 26-28 The TWIN Covilha, Portugal International Conferences University of Beira Interior, Engineering Faculty Covilhã, Portugal Tel: 65-6733-2922 Email: ci-p@cipremier.com www.cipremier.com

June 6-7 CSDA Summer Meetings Hyatt Westlake Plaza Westlake Plaza, CA Tel: 727-577-5004 www.csda.org

August 22-23 Our World in Concrete and Structures Conference Singapore Tel: 65-6733-2922 Email: ci-p@cipremier.com www.cipremier.com

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Concrete Openings has its own website. Advertisers have direct links to their websites placed on our Advertisers page as a complimentary addition to ad placement. A full copy of the magazine is also available for visitors to read on the website. Visitors to the site can now access our advertisers at the touch of a button. The Concrete Openings Website also has advertising opportunities available throughout the year. Visit www.concreteopenings.com for more information.

Readership Per Issue In a recent poll, a section of Concrete Openings subscribers revealed that 66% pass on their copy of the magazine to at least one other person, with almost 25% stating that the magazine is passed on to four or more people each issue.

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member and prospective member companies made up of sawing and drilling contractors,manufacturers, distributors and affiliates

• Specifiers • Cutting Contractors • Manufacturers, Distributors

96

The number of countries where Concrete Openings subscribers receive their copies.

Do you “Like” CSDA? CSDA is on Facebook, and we hope you “like” it! The CSDA page is packed with all the latest news, updates, photos and videos from the association and Concrete Openings magazine. Look out for exclusive content and become “friends” with others who are looking to network and promote the sawing and drilling industry. Join our growing fan base and stay in touch with the association through your PC, laptop or mobile device.

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ADVERTISers To receive additional information about products advertised in this issue, visit the advertisers page on concreteopenings.com, or contact the vendors below.

PAGE ADVERTISER

PHONE

EMAIL

51

Brokk, Inc.

877-276-5548

peter@brokkinc.com

29 CS Unitec

800-700-5919

info@csunitec.com

50

Diamond Pauber srl

39-05 85 830425

info@diamondpauber.it

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Diamond Products

800-321-5336

jpalmer@diamondproducts.com

57

Diamond Tools Technology

612-408-9253

roger@diamondtoolstechnology.com

21

Diamond Vantage

866-322-4078

info@diamondvantage.com

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DITEQ Corporation

816-246-5515

jmiller@diteq.com

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Dixie Diamond Manufacturing

678-296-3751

skilgore@dixiediamond.com

62 EDCO-Equipment Development Co., Inc.

301-663-1600

moran@edcoinc.com

60 EXCO, Inc.

215-510-2240

elounsberry@mecoconstructors.com

47 Expert Equipment Company

713-797-9886

expertequipment@sbcglobal.net

39 GDM Technologies/Terra Diamond

801-990-9034

gdmsaws@yahoo.com

49 Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. (GSSI)

603-893-1109

harmonj@geophysical.com

63 Glacier Diamond, Inc.

714-854-9600

glacierana@att.net

33 Grabber Power Products

480-967-2545

jorge@grabberpower.com

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Hilti North America

918-872-3079

claire.combs@hilti.com

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Husqvarna Construction Products

913-928-1442

cate.stratemeier@husqvarna.com

2, 45 ICS, Blount Inc.

503-653-4644

joet@icsbestway.com

61

K2 Diamond

800-539-6116

mike.nelson@k2diamond.com

33

MALA GeoScience USA, Inc.

843-852-5021

sales.usa@malags.com

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Merit Engineering & Equipment Company

928-771-0575

r.ferguson@meritsaws.com

43 Norton Pro Diamond

800-854-3281

mark.s.pendergrass@saint-gobain.com

19 Pentruder, Inc.

562-445-6429

terry@pentruderinc.com

52, 53 Prime Source Building Products, Inc.

972-999-8500

grazianol@primesourcebp.com

21 Prism Corporation

651-319-2731

tfenelon@prismpigments.com

59 Reimann & Georger Corp.

716-895-1156

peter. kowalzyck@rgcproducts.com

31 Sensors & Software

905-624-8909

sales@sensoft.ca

34 Spidercut Systems, LLC

262-763-9002

rdrkw@aol.com

69 Toolgal USA Corp/DCI

706-283-9556

admin@toolgalusa.com

25

805-981-0999

cole@westernsaw.com

Western Saw

CUTTERS CORNER This classified section is for use by anyone who wants to sell or buy used equipment, post help wanted ads or advertise business opportunities. Anyone interested in placing ads should send copy to Concrete Openings Classifieds, 13577 Feather Sound Dr., Suite 560, Clearwater, FL 33762. Copy can also be faxed to 727-577-5012 or emailed to rhitchen@ concreteopenings.com. Cost: $100 for 10 lines for members; $200 for non-members.

Additional lines $10 each. Copy must be in the CSDA office no later than the first day of the month preceding publication

Business for Sale Family owned and operated concrete cutting business located in central Florida. The company was established in 2004, has a solid reputation, a good client base and has much potential for growth within the industry. The sale includes all equipment, including a truck trailer, slab saws, hydraulic hand saws, core drill rigs, handheld core drills, hydraulic power units, generators and other miscellaneous tools and equipment. Serious inquiries only. For more information, call Rick at 863-529-6252 or email qualityconcretecuttingllc@yahoo.com.

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Position Available – Product Development & Field Support Manager Multiquip Inc., a Honey Brook, PA based diamond blade and tool manufacturing company, seeks an experienced Product Development & Field Support Manager to join its team. This position reports to the Director of Pro Cutting Business and is responsible for researching, planning, coordinating and design activities related to diamond cutting blades and diamond tooling. Position also provides field and technical support to customers and sales staff. Qualifications include a Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering or Metallurgical Studies from an accredited college or university, or 5-7 years related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Proficiency in CAD and a working knowledge of MS Office is required. Knowledge of SAGE, MAS90 and SAP a plus.

The company offers a business casual work environment and an attractive benefits package. For more information, or to submit a resume, email multiquiphr@multiquip.com.

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director’s dialogue

CSDA Training Firsts

Patrick o’brien Executive Director

T

he Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association (CSDA) is introducing two firsts at the February 5-8, 2013 World of Concrete (WOC) in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a cosponsor association, this event is the most important exhibition of the year and a perfect opportunity to introduce new training classes.

The first ever CSDA Concrete Polishing class will be held at WOC, while one of the popular CSDA Operator Certification classes will also be offered for the first time during the Las Vegas show. To complete the training lineup, CSDA will again offer its Estimating class. Graduates of these training classes will join the 3,500 existing graduates of CSDA training courses, showing a dedication to increasing their knowledge and demonstrating their professionalism to the industry.

Polished concrete floors continue to grow in popularity and the number of traditional CSDA contractors adding floor polishing and preparation services to their businesses is increasing. The CSDA Concrete Polishing class is a two-day classroom and hands-on course that focuses on the correct setup, operation and maintenance of equipment, the differences between wet and dry polishing as well as how to accurately bid polishing jobs. The goal is to give students a model for producing floors to a consistent high level of quality, regardless of the type of concrete.

The educational training focus for WOC is shifting to certification courses, allowing attendees to earn credit while attending this annual exhibition. CSDA has traditionally offered classes for new operators looking for

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training in the fundamentals of sawing and drilling. However, in acknowledgment of the WOC trend and in response to member requests, CSDA will offer its first certification course—Core Drilling 201—at the show. This class is for experienced operators who want to gain the highest level of proficiency in the core drilling discipline. Content will be split between classroom and hands-on slab instruction, with students spending time at the outdoor exhibit booths of CSDA member companies to perform practical exercises.

The third training class offered by CSDA is Estimating, a class that quickly filled when it was introduced to the WOC Educational Program in 2012. This class focuses specifically on the practice of estimating sawing and drilling jobs and is taught by industry experts with real-world experience. The association anticipates a similar response rate for the WOC 2013 class as this past year.

Training will play a key role to the future success of the sawing and drilling industry. CSDA is committed to providing contractors with training program offerings in a variety of formats and locations to meet the needs of its members. In addition to the WOC classes, CSDA offers regional training classes, classes at its St. Petersburg College training center and online training. I encourage you to visit one of the outdoor training classes and see for yourself the level of quality on display. Stop by CSDA booth #C4441 for a schedule of the training classes and consider signing up for one in the future.

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Stop by booth O30800 at World of Concrete to test the DD 160 and the rest of our innovative product line up.

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Husqvarna’s extensive line of wall saws ensures there is a saw to meet your needs. Wall sawing involves a lot of preparation; Husqvarna makes equipment easy to transport and quick to assemble at the site.

Every detail is carefully planned and designed to ensure efficient operation.

Husqvarna’s line of high frequency electric wall saws includes the WS 482 HF and the WS 440 HF. The WS 482 HF wall saw boasts more power, larger blade size capacity (62") and offers the best powerto-weight ratio on the market. The saw is operated by radio remote control, which allows total control of the sawing process and freedom to move around the workplace. The WS 440 HF wall saw features a powerful, water-cooled electric motor that supplies constant high power to the spindle over a wide rpm range for faster and more efficient sawing. The motor generates 17 hp to the shaft, despite the fact that the saw only weighs 55 pounds.

Husqvarna’s WS 460 hydraulic wall saw is built on a modular system where the weight is evenly distributed, making the saw easy to transport, handle and set-up. The two-speed hydraulic motor provides optimal speed depending on material, blade diameter and type of blade.

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